Friedrich Harms (physicist)
Karl Christian Friedrich "Fritz" Harms (born May 7, 1876 in Wolfenbüttel , † August 27, 1946 in Würzburg ) was a German physicist .
His doctoral supervisor was Walther Nernst at the University of Göttingen . In 1907 Harms described the principle, later known as the Goubau line , for the transmission of high-frequency signals on a single-wire line. In the First World War he was ao. Professor at the University of Würzburg , where in 1928 he succeeded Ernst Wagner (1876–1928) as full professor for experimental physics and head of the University's Physics Institute.
From 1924 Friedrich Harms was co-editor of the Physikalische Zeitschrift . Together with Wilhelm Wien he edited the manual of experimental physics .
Fonts
- About the use of the calorimeter for measurements with fast electrical oscillations. Dissertation at the University of Göttingen, 1901 (published in part in Ann. Phys. 5, 1901, pp. 565-596).
- Studies of the electrical phenomena in phosphorus oxidation. Habilitation at the University of Würzburg, 1904.
- Electromagnetic waves on a wire with an insulating cylindrical sheath. Ann. Phys. 23, 1907, pp. 44-60.
Web links
- Karl Gailer: Nekrolog. Physikalische Blätter, Volume 2 (1946), No. 6, p. 149.
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| SURNAME | Harms, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Harms, Karl Christian Friedrich (full name); Harms, Fritz (colloquial) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wolfenbüttel |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 1946 |
| Place of death | Wurzburg |