Wilhelm Eduard Weber

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Wilhelm Weber
Friedrich Kohlrausch
Eduard Riecke
Other notable studentsGottlob Frege
Arthur Schuster
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The SI unit of magnetic flux is named after him. He was the brother of Ernst Heinrich Weber and Eduard Friedrich Weber. His father was Michael Weber.
Wilhelm Weber House, 14,15 Schlossstrasse, Wittenberg
Memorial to Wilhelm Weber, Wittenberg Post Office
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Wilhelm Eduard Weber (

telegraph
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Biography

Early years

Weber was born in Schlossstrasse in Wittenberg, where his father, Michael Weber, was professor of theology. The building had previously been the home of Abraham Vater.[2]

Wilhelm was the second of three brothers, all of whom were distinguished by an aptitude for science. After the dissolution of the

Halle in 1815. Wilhelm had received his first lessons from his father, but was now sent to the Orphan Asylum and Grammar School at Halle. After that he entered the University, and devoted himself to natural philosophy. He distinguished himself so much in his classes, and by original work, that after taking his degree of Doctor and becoming a Privatdozent
he was appointed Professor Extraordinary of natural philosophy at Halle.

Career

In 1831, on the recommendation of

telegraph in 1833, which connected the observatory with the institute for physics in Göttingen
.

In December 1837, the Hanoverian government dismissed Weber, one of the

Geomagnetism: Designed according to the elements of the theory),[3][4] a series of magnetic maps, and it was chiefly through his efforts that magnetic observatories were instituted. He studied magnetism with Gauss, and during 1864 published his Electrodynamic Proportional Measures containing a system of absolute measurements for electric currents, which forms the basis of those in use. Weber died in Göttingen, where he is buried in the same cemetery as Max Planck and Max Born
.

Weber's grave in Göttingen

He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1855.

In 1855 with

electromagnetic wave. This also led to Weber's development of his theory of electrodynamics. Also, the first usage of the letter "c" to denote the speed of light was in an 1856 paper by Kohlrausch and Weber.[citation needed
]

International recognition

The

SI unit of magnetic flux, the weber
(symbol: Wb) is named after him.

Works

  • Elektrodynamische Maaßbestimmungen : insbesondere Zurückführung der Stromintensitäts-Messungen auf mechanisches Maass (with Wilhelm Weber) 1857. "Electrodynamic Measurements, Especially Attributing Mechanical Units to Measures of Current Intensity". German text. English translation
  • Akustik, Mechanik, Optik und Wärmelehre (in German). Berlin: Springer. 1892.
  • Wellenlehre (in German). Berlin: Springer. 1893.
  • Galvanismus und Elektrodynamik (in German). Berlin: Springer. 1894.
  • Mechanik der menschlichen Gehwerkzeuge (in German). Berlin: Springer. 1894.
  • Wellenlehre, 1893
    Wellenlehre, 1893

See also

References

  1. ^ "Weber". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
  2. ^ Wilhelm Weber House plaques, Wittenberg
  3. ^ "Book Details Page: Atlas Des Erdmagnetismus: Nach Den Elementen Der Theorie Entworfen". World Ebook Fair. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  4. ^ Atlas Des Erdmagnetismus: Nach Den Elementen Der Theorie Entworfen. Alibris. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  5. ^ Assis, Andre Koch Torres. "On the First Electromagnetic Measurement of the Velocity of Light by Wilhelm Weber and Rudolf Kohlrausch". In Bevilacqua, F; Giannetto, EA (eds.). Volta and the History of Electricity (PDF). Universita degli Studi di Pavia and Editore Ulrico Hoepli. p. 280. Retrieved 11 March 2023. Weber and Kohlrausch found √2 c = 4.39 x 10^8 m/s, such that c = 3.1 x 10^8 m/s

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