Lucien de la Rive

Lucien de la Rive (born April 3, 1834 in Choulex , † May 4, 1924 in Geneva ) was a Swiss physicist .

His parents were Auguste Arthur de la Rive and Jeanne-Mathilde nee Duppa. Since 1867 he was married to Louise Schérer, a daughter of the theologian, literary critic and politician Edmond Schérer .

He studied at the Academy in Geneva and at the École polytechnique in Paris. From 1863 to 1918 he published numerous mathematical-physical writings on gravitation, electron theory and on Maxwell's equations.

From 1889 to 1893 he researched with Emile Édouard Sarasin (1843–1917) on the Hertzian waves and demonstrated the speed of light in the wires. In Dublin, George Francis FitzGerald took part in the revision course. After repeating Hertz's experiment with long waves in 1893 in the great hall of the Geneva waterworks, the results agreed with Maxwell's theory. Hertz's earlier measurements of wavelengths were disturbed by reflections on the walls of the classroom where he was experimenting.

De la Rive wrote essays on Henri Poincaré . Translations by Alfred Tennyson published in 1870 , wrote literary works in the meantime and wrote an essay on John Milton in 1886 .

In 1909 the University of Geneva awarded him the Dr. hc

Publications

About the number of independent equations of a system of electr. Pouring ; 1863 (see Kirchhoff's rules of 1845)
On the aberration of light in Einstein's theory of relativity ; 1914

Web links

Charles P. Enz: De la Rive, Lucien. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

↑ Development of communication: From Hertz to the cell phone . BoD - Books on Demand, 2007, ISBN 3-8334-8744-5 , pp. 244 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ JAMES G. O HARA: A "Horrible Conflict with Theory" in Heinrich Hertz's Experiments on Electromagnetic Waves. In: European Review. 15, 2007, S., doi : 10.1017 / S106279870700052X .
↑ Olivier Darrigol: Electrodynamics from Ampère to Einstein . Oxford University Press, 2003, ISBN 0-19-850593-0 , pp. 251 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

personal data
SURNAME	Rive, Lucien de la
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss physicist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 3, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH	Choulex
DATE OF DEATH	May 4, 1924
Place of death	Geneva

[Entwicklung_Der_Kommunikation-1] Development of communication: From Hertz to the cell phone . BoD - Books on Demand, 2007, ISBN 3-8334-8744-5 , pp. 244 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[2] JAMES G. O HARA: A "Horrible Conflict with Theory" in Heinrich Hertz's Experiments on Electromagnetic Waves. In: European Review. 15, 2007, S., doi : 10.1017 / S106279870700052X .

[Olivier_Darrigol-3] Olivier Darrigol: Electrodynamics from Ampère to Einstein . Oxford University Press, 2003, ISBN 0-19-850593-0 , pp. 251 ( limited preview in Google Book search).