Heinrich Gustav Magnus

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Heinrich Gustav Magnus was a 19th-century German physicist and chemist best known for his work on gas expansion, the discovery of the Magnus effect in fluid dynamics, and his influential role in organizing scientific research and education in Germany.

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instanceOf academic
chemist
human
physicist
university teacher
academicDiscipline experimental physics
physical chemistry
burialPlace Berlin
countryOfCitizenship Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
dateOfBirth 1802-05-02
dateOfDeath 1870-04-04
educatedAt Friedrich Wilhelm University NERFINISHED
Humboldt University of Berlin
surface form: University of Berlin

Stockholm University
surface form: University of Stockholm
employer Friedrich Wilhelm University NERFINISHED
University of Berlin NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup German
familyName Magnus
fieldOfWork chemistry
electrochemistry
fluid dynamics
gas physics
physics
thermodynamics
givenName Gustav
Heinrich
hasEffectNamedAfter Magnus effect
influenced development of laboratory-based physics teaching in Germany
organization of research laboratories at German universities
knownFor Magnus effect
Magnus formula for vapor pressure
organization of scientific research in Germany
reforms in scientific education in Germany
research on gas expansion
memberOf German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
surface form: German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina

Prussian Academy of Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
name Heinrich Gustav Magnus self-link
nativeLanguage German
notableWork experiments on the expansion of gases
research on electromotive forces
studies on the tension of aqueous vapor
placeOfBirth Berlin
placeOfDeath Berlin
positionHeld professor at the University of Berlin
professor of physics
professor of technology
sexOrGender male
studiedUnder Eilhard Mitscherlich
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
workLocation Berlin

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German Physical Society founder Heinrich Gustav Magnus
Johann Christian Poggendorff notableStudent Heinrich Gustav Magnus
Heinrich Gustav Magnus name Heinrich Gustav Magnus self-link