Félix Savart
Félix Savart | |
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 Bust of Félix Savart in the Institut de France located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris | |
| Born | 30 June 1791 Charleville-Mézières, France |
| Died | 16 March 1841 (aged 49) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | École polytechnique University of Strasbourg |
| Known for | Savart Savart wheel Biot–Savart law |
| Awards | ForMemRS (1839) |
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| Fields | Acoustics Physics |
| Institutions | Collège de France |
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Félix Savart (human hearing.
Biography
Savart was the son of Gérard Savart, an engineer at the military school of Metz. His brother, Nicolas, who was a student at the
electrical currents. Their law was developed and published in 1820.[4]
The Biot–Savart law relates magnetic fields to the currents which are their sources.
Savart also studied acoustics. He developed the Savart wheel which produces sound at specific graduated frequencies using rotating discs.
Félix Savart is the namesake of a unit of measurement for musical intervals, the savart, though it was actually invented by Joseph Sauveur (Stigler's law of eponymy).
Works
- Mémoire sur la construction des instrumens à cordes et à archet (in French). Paris: Jean-François-Pierre Deterville. 1819.
See also
References
- ^ "Biot-Savart law". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
- Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Retrieved 23 February 2014. (subscription required)
- Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ A joint Biot-Savart paper "Note sur le magnétisme de la pile de Volta" was published in the Annales de chemie et de physique in 1820.
External links
Media related to Félix Savart at Wikimedia Commons- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Félix Savart", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
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