Karl Sebastian Cornelius

Karl Sebastian Cornelius (born November 14, 1819 in Ronshausen , Hesse ; † November 5, 1896 in Halle an der Saale ) was a German physicist .

Cornelius studied mathematics and natural sciences in Göttingen and Marburg . In 1846 he was in casting the Doctor of Philosophy PhD . He completed his habilitation in 1850 as a private lecturer at the University of Halle , where he has since given lectures on physics and mechanics , physical geography and meteorology . He also published essays on philosophical subjects, e.g. B. in the journal for exact philosophy (Verlag Louis Pernitzsch, Leipzig), in which he tried to combine the knowledge of modern natural science with traditional belief in God. Not until 1880 was he promoted to professor .

Publications

The theory of electricity and magnetism : attempt at a theoretical derivation of all magnetic and electrical phenomena . Leipzig (1855)
About the formation of matter from its simple elements . Leipzig (1856)
Theory of vision and spatial perception viewed from a physical, physiological and psychological point of view . Hall (1861)
On the theory of vision with regard to the latest work in this field . Hall (1864)
About the interaction between body and soul . Hall (1875)
On the theory of the interaction between body and soul . Hall (1880)
Basics of molecular physics . Hall (1866)
To molecular physics . Hall (1875)
About the importance of the causal principle in natural science . Hall (1867)
Meteorology . Hall (1863)
Outline of physical geography . Hall (1886)
About the origin of the world, with particular reference to the question: whether our solar system, namely the earth and its inhabitants, must have a beginning in time . Halle (1870), digitized
Treatises on science and psychology . Langensalza (1887)

Cornelius, Karl Sebastian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, p. 525 f.