Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804-1891),German physicist. Weber spent most of his career as professor of physics at the University of Gottingen from 1831 to 1837,and again from 1849. He worked on acoustics and in 1833 worked with Gauss on the first electromagnetic telegraph. He is most famous for his work on magnetism,which included an atlas of geomagnetism,his theory of electrodynamics,and having the international unit of magnetic flux (the weber,Wb) named after him. His awards include the Royal Society's Copley Medal (1859). This lithograph,by the German artist Rudolf Hoffmann,dates from 1856 | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Library of Congress |
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