ElectricCharge 2005-05-11 15:31:01 2005-05-11 15:31:01 Definition \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} Electric charge is a property of the fundamental particles of the universe. This property is easily observed and was know as far back as the ancient Greeks. Petting a cat in a dry environment is an easy and fun way to test it out. If the conditions are correct after one full stroke you can deliver a small shock to the cat and as you continue to pet, it is easily reporduced. Lightning is another example that exists due to electric charge. Although a lot of qualitative properties and experimets were done, it took the French Physicsict Coulomb to make the first quantitative measurements involving eletric charge and he was able to come up with Coulomb's Law showing the relationship of force and the distance between the charges. Another great leap foward was