André Marie Ampere, 1775–1836

AMPERE Newsletter

Several thousands of million tons of wastes are generated worldwide every year. Of these, organic solid wastes have the potential to partially satisfy the production of chemicals, whilst the environmental impact can be minimized and the sustainability of the processes increased compared to those based on fossil resources. However, these wastes are complex due to their high heterogeneity, and ne...

The Ampere and Electrical Standards

This paper describes some of the major contributions to metrology and physics made by the NIST Electricity Division, which has existed since 1901. It was one of the six original divisions of the National Bureau of Standards. The Electricity Division provides dc and low-frequency calibrations for industrial, scientific, and research organizations, and conducts research on topics related to elect...

A conjecture of Yves André . ∗

The introduction to [2] (and references contained therein) contains a comprehensive exposition of terminology and notations relative to this conjecture. Since we use the same terminology and notations, we do not reproduce them here. The introduction to [2] also contains an exposition of results on this conjecture obtained before the article [3] came out. In this article we prove the following t...

Ampere Tension and Newton’s Laws

A recent paper (Robson and Sethian 1992, hereafter termed R&S) reports new experimental results on the old problem of Ampere tension. The null results they achieved led them to conclude the nonexistence of Ampere longitudinal forces, interpreted as forces differing observably from those predicted by the Lorentz force law. Their bibliography confirms that the subject is controversial. As with an...

François Bach and André Herbelin