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(Encyclopedia)dipole: see pole, in electricity and magnetism. ...magnet
(Encyclopedia)magnet: see electromagnet; magnetism. ...permeability, magnetic
(Encyclopedia)permeability, magnetic: see magnetism; flux, magnetic. ...Beltrami, Eugenio
(Encyclopedia)Beltrami, Eugenio āo͞ojĕˈnyō bālträˈmē [key], 1835–99, Italian mathematician. He is famous for his work on non-euclidean geometry, electricity, and magnetism. ...Braid, James
(Encyclopedia)Braid, James, 1795?–1860, English surgeon and writer on hypnotism and magic. The first to use the term hypnotism instead of mesmerism or animal magnetism, he also demonstrated that it was achieved b...Ritz, Walter
(Encyclopedia)Ritz, Walter, 1878–1909, Swiss physicist. He taught at the universities of Zürich and Göttingen. Ritz's combination principle, confirmed by later research, stated that the frequencies of spectral ...Becquerel
(Encyclopedia)Becquerel bĕkərĕlˈ [key], family of French physicists. Antoine César Becquerel, 1788–1878, was a pioneer in electrochemical science. He was professor of physics at the Muséum d'Histoire nature...Poggendorff, Johann Christian
(Encyclopedia)Poggendorff, Johann Christian yōˈhän krĭsˈtyän pôgˈəndôrfˌ [key], 1796–1877, German physicist and chemist. He founded (1824) and edited the important Annalen der Physik und Chemie and edi...Arago, Dominique François
(Encyclopedia)Arago, Dominique François dômēnēkˈ fräNswäˈ ärägōˈ [key], 1786–1853, French physicist and astronomer. He is noted for his discoveries in magnetism and optics as well as for his astronomi...Canton, John
(Encyclopedia)Canton, John kănˈtən [key], 1718–72, English physicist. He is known for his research in magnetism and in electricity, especially his experiments in electrostatic induction. Canton was the first i...Browse by Subject
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