Died 1831-12-10.
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Thomas Johann Seebeck
Thomas Johann Seebeck was a German physicist who observed a relationship between heat and magnetism. Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted later called this phenomenon the thermoelectric effect.
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science · German physicist (1770–1831) · physicist · also Thomas Johann Seebeck, Seebeck
Born 9 April 1770 · Died 10 December 1831 · Q327185
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1822· 1 entry
After previous experiments on voltaic current and magnetism, Thomas Johann Seebeck found that a circuit made from two dissimilar metals with junctions at different temperatures would deflect a compass magnet
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1818· 1 entry
Seebeck discovered the optical activity of the solutions of sugar
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1816· 1 entry
Awarded Grand prix des sciences mathématiques (1816).
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1810· 2 entries
Observed the magnetic properties of nickel and cobalt
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At Jena, Seebeck described the action of light on silver chloride sensitised paper (a technique used by Johann Ritter)
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1808· 1 entry
Seebeck was first to produce and describe the amalgam of potassium
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1802· 1 entry
From the University of Göttingen, but preferred to study physics
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1770· 1 entry
Born 1770-04-09.
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