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History questions are welcome on this site whenever they have any bearing on our modern understanding of physics. However, if a question has only minimal or null bearing on our current understanding, or it specifically requires a historian's skills, toolset, and mindset to answer, then it should be migrated to the History of Science and Maths site. See the FAQ on Meta for more information.

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Has anyone charged an object with 1 coulomb? Why was such a ridiculously large charge chosen...

The fact that two balls charged with 1 coulomb each would repel/attract each other from a distance of 1 metre with a force sufficient to lift the Seawise Giant would suggest me otherwise, but has anyo …
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What happened to the Planck charge on Wikipedia? [closed]

Wikipedia used to have a nice article about the Planck units, with contributions made directly by Don Page. I recently visited the current article and the Planck charge kind of disappeared. I also saw …