Magnetism and an electricity. Antoine François Furkrua

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French scientific Antoine François Furkrua ( 1755-1809) has opened thermal action of an electric current. In spite of the fact that the opening made by it belongs to the most important in the electrical engineer and results of this opening have huge practical value, the name of Furkrua is a little known.

Furkrua was one of the first followers and employees Lavoisier and has published together with it the fundamental work devoted to the new chemical nomenclature. Since 1784 it became the professor of chemistry and then has shown interest to an electricity.

Furkrua at the lectures showed for the first time experiments from electricity area, spending simultaneously research works, experimenting over course of galvanic currents through liquids.

During these experiences of Furkrua has opened that badly spending wire included in a galvanic chain is made red-hot. Opening this, connected with dependence between electric resistance of a conductor and force, and also pressure of a current, is made in 1800 However, dependence this has defined and matematicheski George Simon Om has proved 27 years later.