Josef Geitler von Armingen

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Josef von Geitler (around 1923)

Josef Karl Franz Otto Geitler, Knight of Armingen (born September 14, 1870 Smíchov near Prague, † June 20, 1923 Graz ) was an Austrian physicist.

Josef Geitler studied in Bonn and Prague . In 1896 he became a private lecturer at the Imperial and Royal German University in Prague . In 1906 he took over the chair for experimental physics at the kk Franz-Josephs-Universität Czernowitz as the successor to Alois Handl (1837–1915) . His research was mainly devoted to electromagnetic waves. His doctoral students included u. a. Adalbert Rubinowicz . After the Romanian authorities took over Chernivtsi in 1919, he moved to Graz and was appointed honorary lecturer at the Graz University of Technology .

He was a cousin of Heinrich Hertz .

Treatises and works (selection)

  • About reflection of electrical wire waves , Annalen der Physik, Volume 285, Issue 5, pp. 184-195
  • About the deflection of the magnetic needle caused by cathode rays , Annalen der Physik, Volume 310, Issue 8, pp. 924-930
  • About electrical and magnetic decomposition of cathode radiation , Annalen der Physik, Volume 301, Issue 5, pp. 123-140
  • Some observations on strongly tensioned glass plates , Die Naturwissenschaften, Volume 3, Issue 34, pp. 445-446
  • Electromagnetic oscillations and waves , Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig, 1st edition 1905, 2nd increased edition 1921

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personal data
SURNAME Geitler von Armingen, Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Geitler Ritter von Armingen, Josef Karl Franz Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian physicist
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Smíchov near Prague
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1923
Place of death Graz