Heinrich Weber (physicist)

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Heinrich Weber (born January 1, 1839 in Leipzig , † May 5, 1928 in Braunschweig ) was a German physicist .

Life

Heinrich Weber, son of the physiologist Ernst Heinrich Weber , younger brother of physician Theodor Weber , turned to the put- graduate studies of natural sciences , physics and mathematics at the Georg-August University of Göttingen to 1863 he was at the University of Leipzig to Dr. phil. PhD .

Heinrich Weber completed his habilitation two years later as a private lecturer in physics in Göttingen, and in the following year he was given the professorship for this subject at the Herzogliche Technische Hochschule Carolo-Wilhelmina , which he held until his retirement in 1906.

Heinrich Weber, who was appointed Privy Councilor and who among other things published a sketch of his uncle Wilhelm Eduard Weber's life , published in 1893, was accepted as a full member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina on January 8, 1901 ( matriculation no. 3145 ) . He died in 1928 in Braunschweig, four months after he had turned 89.

Publications (selection)

  • Royal Society of Sciences in Göttingen (ed.): Wilhelm Weber's works. Galvanism and Electrodynamics . Third volume, 1st part, Julius Springer , Berlin 1893 ( archive )
  • By determining the galvanic resistance of the metal wires from their heating by the galvanic current to an absolute level. ( Dissertation ). Johann Ambrosius Barth , Leipzig 1863, OCLC 3722304 .
  • Electrodynamics: With consideration of thermoelectrics, electrolysis and thermochemistry. F. Vieweg and Son , Braunschweig 1889, OCLC 9602520 .

literature

  • Technical University Carolo-Wilhelmina in Braunschweig: The 150th anniversary of the Ducal Technical University Carolo-Wilhelmina in Braunschweig in July 1895: Anniversary report published by the General Jubilee Committee…. F. Vieweg, 1896, p. 38.
  • Walther Killy , Rudolf Vierhaus (ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Volume 10, KG Saur Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-23163-6 . P. 354.
  • Karl von Fritsch (Ed.): Leopoldina . Official organ of the Imperial Leopoldino-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists. 37th issue. In commission at Wilh. Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1901, p. 2 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).

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personal data
SURNAME Weber, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH May 5, 1928
Place of death Braunschweig