Friedrich Kohlrausch
Physicist, Academic
1840 – 1910
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Who was Friedrich Kohlrausch?
Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch was a German physicist who investigated the conductive properties of electrolytes and contributed to knowledge of their behaviour. He also investigated elasticity, thermoelasticity, and thermal conduction as well as magnetic and electrical precision measurements.
Nowadays, Friedrich Kohlrausch is classed as one of the most important experimental physicists. His early work helped to extend the absolute system of Carl Friedrich Gauss and Wilhelm Weber to include electrical and magnetic measuring units.
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- Born
- Oct 14, 1840
Rinteln - Also known as
- F. Kohlrausch
- Parents
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- University of Göttingen
- Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg
- Employment
- University of Göttingen
- University of Zurich
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- University of Würzburg
- Technische Universität Darmstadt
- University of Strasbourg
- ETH Zurich
- Lived in
- Germany
- Died
- Jan 17, 1910
Marburg
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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