Seebeck monument
The Seebeck Monument is a memorial to the physicist Thomas Johann Seebeck in the Estonian capital Tallinn ( German Reval ).
It is located on the grounds of the Tallinn University of Technology .
Design and history
The monument created by the Estonian sculptor Aime Kuulbusch was opened on May 24, 2013 on the occasion of the XV. International Thermoelectric Forum unveiled. Seebeck, who was born in Reval, is considered one of the founders of research into thermoelectricity . The monument was erected on the initiative of the International Thermoelectric Academy .
The monument consists of a 2.40 meter high stele-like sculpture symbolizing a short-circuited Seebeck thermocouple . On the front it shows a portrait of Seebeck and the inscription:
THOMAS
JOHANN
SEEBECK
1770-1831
There is an extensive inscription on the back of the stele. Below the name
THOMAS JOHANN SEEBECK
there is an explanatory text on Seebeck in Estonian , German and English :
THE WORLD FAMOUS ESTONIAN-GERMAN
SCIENTISTS
BORN AND RAISED IN TALLINN
OF THE FOUNDER OF THERMAL ELECTRICITY
Below is a reference in English to the initiator and creator of the monument:
THE IDEA OF THE MONUMENT
L. ANATYCHUK
PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL
THERMOELECTRIC ACADEMY
SCULPTOR
A. KUULBUSCH
(German: The idea for the memorial / L.Anatychuk / President of the International / Thermoelectric Academy / Sculptor / A.Kuulbusch )
Below this inscription is a list of representatives of the Academy:
THE MONUMENT FROM INTERNATIONAL
THERMOELECTRIC ACADEMY REPRESENTED BY:
| ANATYCHUK - UKRAINE | LOBUNETS - UKRAINE |
| ARSKA - TURKEY | MIKHAILOVSKY - UKRAINE |
| ARAKELOV - RUSSIA | NICOLAEVA - MOLDOVA |
| ASMONTAS - LITHUANIA | PASTORINO - ITALY |
| BARANSKY - UKRAINE | PUSTOVALOV - RUSSIA |
| BULAT - RUSSIA | RAZINKOV - UKRAINE |
| CAILLAT - USA | ROGACHEVA - UKRAINE |
| CASIAN - MOLDOVA | SEMENIOUK - UKRAINE |
| L. CHEN - CHINA | J. & S. SHARP - USA |
| CHERKEZ - UKRAINE | SHCHEMNIKOV - RUSSIA |
| DASHEVSKY - ISRAEL | SHINOHARA - JAPAN |
| FEDOROV - RUSSIA | SNYDER - USA |
| FILIN - POLAND | STADNYK - UKRAINE |
| GRABOV - RUSSIA | STARY - CZECH REPUBLIC |
| GRADAUSKAS - LITHUANIA | STOCKHOLM - FRANCE |
| GRIN - GERMANY | TEDENAC - FRANCE |
| GROMOV - RUSSIA | TEREKOV - RUSSIA |
| GUK - UKRAINE | TEUT - KAZAKHSTAN |
| GUREVICH - MEXICO | UEMURA - JAPAN |
| HODOVANIOUK - UKRAINE | VINING - USA |
| IVANOVA - RUSSIA | VYKHOR - UKRAINE |
| KAJIKAWA - JAPAN | ZEMSKOV - RUSSIA |
Among them are the names of companies in the thermoelectrics sector:
FROM THERMOELECTRIC COMPANIES:
| ALTEC-M - UKRAINE | MARLOW / II-VI - USA |
| ARSENAL - UKRAINE | MODULE - UKRAINE |
| GENTHERM - USA | OTC - RUSSIA |
| GIREDMET - RUSSIA | RIF - RUSSIA |
| IOFFE INSTITUTE - RUSSIA | RMT - RUSSIA |
| ITE - UKRAINE | THERMOPRYLAD - UKRAINE |
| KELK - JAPAN | TISNUM - RUSSIA |
| KVANT - RUSSIA | Z-MAX - JAPAN |
It also says in English:
THE MONUMENT WAS CREATED IN COOPERATION
WITH THOMAS JOHANN SEEBECK DEPARTMENT
OF ELECTRONICS
OF TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
UNVEILED DURING THE WORK OF XV FORUM
ON THERMOELECTRICITY ON MAY 24, 2013
(German: The monument was created in collaboration with the Thomas-Johann-Seebeck-Section for Electronics of the Tallinn University of Technology. Unveiled during the meeting of the XVth Forum for Thermoelectricity on May 24th, 2013. )
A model of Seebeck's experiment was originally attached to the side of the monument.
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Coordinates: 59 ° 23 ′ 44.2 " N , 24 ° 40 ′ 12.4" E