Erwin Lohr
Erwin Lohr (born December 1, 1880 in Budapest , † October 23, 1951 in Werfenweng ) was an Austrian physicist .
Life
Erwin Lohr was born in Budapest in 1880 to German-Austrian parents and studied physics from 1899 to 1902, first in Graz, then from 1902 to 1904 in Vienna. He received his doctorate in 1904 with a dissertation carried out under Franz-Serafin Exner on the subject of “Determination of the specific electrical conductivity of sodium with the WIEN induction balance”. In 1904/05 there was a one-year stay at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge with JJ Thomson . In 1905 he took on an assistant position with Gustav Jaumann at the German Technical University in Brno . In 1909 he received his habilitation in physics, became associate professor in 1912, extraordinary professor in 1919 and full professor in 1924, head of the institute and successor to Gustav Jaumann. In 1931/32 he was rector. He was a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . At the end of the Second World War Lohr left Brno and retired to his country estate in the Tennengebirge, where he died in 1951.
Act
Lohr's work together with that of his teacher Gustav Jaumann was pioneering work in the field of continuum mechanics and is now primarily of interest from a scientific-historical point of view. In Lohr's time there were the theories of the continuum character of matter and the undeniable experimental evidence of the existence of corpuscles. Under the strong influence of Gustav Jaumann, both endeavored to deduce the formation of stable configurations of mass and electricity from the idea of the continuum. In this way electrons, atoms and molecules should result. During this creative phase Lohr wrote the monograph “Atomism and Continuum in Modern Physics”. In addition, Lohr wrote a presentation of the theoretical mechanics "Mechanics of solids" with far-reaching consideration of technology. Lohr had a close friendship with members of the Exnerkreis Hans Benndorf and Eduard Haschek and with Clemens Schaefer and Heinrich Waggerl .
Fonts (selection)
- Atomism and Continuity Theory in Modern Physics 1926
- Vector and dyad calculation for physicists and technicians, 1939
- Mechanics of solids 1952
swell
- Berta Karlik , Erich Schmid: Franz S. Exner and his circle –1982 - ISBN 3-7001-0437-5
Web links
- Literature by and about Erwin Lohr in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erhard Marschner: Klinger, Karl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 83 ( digitized version ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lohr, Erwin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 1951 |
| Place of death | Werfenweng |