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Johann Christian Poggendorff
Johann Christian Poggendorff was a German physicist born in Hamburg. Poggendorff is best known for his work related to electricity and magnetism, most notably the electrostatic motor which is analogous to Wilhelm Holtz's electrostatic machine. In 1841 he described the use of the potentiometer for measurement of electrical potentials without current draw.
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Born 29 December 1796 · Died 24 January 1877 · Q61197
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Covering the period 1858–1883, and a fourth in 1904, coming down to the beginning of the 20th century
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1877· 1 entry
Died 1877-01-24.
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1845· 1 entry
Was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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1841· 1 entry
Described the use of the potentiometer for measurement of electrical potentials without current draw
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1839· 2 entries
Awarded honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (1839).
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Member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences
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1830· 1 entry
Was made royal professor, in 1838 Hon
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1826· 1 entry
Poggendorff developed the mirror galvanometer, a device for detecting electric currents
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1820· 1 entry
And in 1823 he was appointed meteorological observer to the Academy of Sciences
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1796· 1 entry
Born 1796-12-29.
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