The Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 12, Problem 18CQ
Is the concept of torque involved in the operation of Coulomb’s torsion balance? Explain.
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