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 Johann Karl Friedrich Gauss

   
 
30. April. 1777, Braunschweig- 23. February. 1855, Göttingen

   
 Mathematician, astronomer, physicist. Beginning from 1829 undertake physical studies (optical and electricity) in collaboration with Weber, In 1833 together to Wilhelm Weber construct telegraphic, long front line approximately a kilometer between the observatory and the physical laboratory of the university of (to private use)   in the city of   Göttingen (Gottiga) constituted from a key, a battery and like receiving unit Galvanometer.(1)
 
 
Notes: 1) Galvanometer with reading to mirror introduced from Poggendorf in 1826 and improved from Gauss in 1832.

 

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