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  1. Ampère's Invention of Equilibrium Apparatus: A Response to Experimental Anomaly.James R. Hofmann - 1987 - British Journal for the History of Science 20 (3):309-341.
    André-Marie Ampère's contributions to electrodynamics came at a late stage in an unconventional career. In 1820, he had reached the age of forty-five and had not as yet done any systematic research in physics. As a member of the mathematics section of the Académie des Sciences, his only significant contributions to the physical sciences had been some constructive criticisms of Fresnel's wave theory of light and three memoirs on chemical classification and gas theory. Meanwhile, his longstanding interests in metaphysics and (...)
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