Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
COULOMB
Coulomb, Charles Augustin de Coulomb
(noun) French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb’s Law (1736-1806)
coulomb, ampere-second
(noun) a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
coulomb (plural coulombs)
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C
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Source: Wiktionary
Cou`lomb" (k`ln"), n. Etym: [From Coulomb, a French physicist and electrican.] (Physics)
Definition: The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantitty transferred by one ampère in one second. Formerly called weber.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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