An operational Definition of Electric Charge

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The paper focuses on the part of the Coulomb’s Law that is just a definition and provides one possible mechanism for operationally defining electric charge based on the concept of force. Then a derivation of Coulomb’s law from the definition is presented and the sign of the charges are defined. Finally, the paper concludes with a discussion on the conservation of charge.

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The Logic of Modern Physics.Percy Williams Bridgman - 1927 - New York, NY, USA: Arno Press.

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