Rudolph Koenig
Rudolph Koenig (born November 26, 1832 in Königsberg , † October 2, 1901 in Paris ) was a German acoustician .
Life
Koenig attended the Kneiphöfische Stadtgymnasium in his hometown between 1840 and 1851, went to Paris at the end of 1851, where he did an apprenticeship with the famous manufacturer of stringed instruments Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume and soon developed a particular preference for acoustics. In 1858 he set up a workshop for the construction of acoustic apparatus. He started with teaching equipment and won medals at several exhibitions.
Work
His work on the application of the graphic method to acoustics had scientific value, for which a phonautograph constructed by him was helpful. He also dealt with the measurement of the speed of sound , with the sound figures , the tone change of moving sound sources (i.e. the acoustic Doppler effect ), with manometric flames, acoustic "shocks" ( shock waves ), normal tuning forks and timbre , for which he used a self-constructed wave siren began.
literature
- Dieter Ullmann: Helmholtz-Koenig-Waetzmann and the nature of combination tones. Centaurus 29, 40-52 (1986)
Web links
- Biography, bibliography and digital sources in the Virtual Laboratory of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koenig, Rudolph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German acoustician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1832 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 2, 1901 |
| Place of death | Paris |