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Georg Simon Ohm

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(person)Georg Simon Ohm - (1789-1854) A German physicist who became Professor of Physics at Munich University, after whom the unit of electrical resistance was named.


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Georg Simon Ohm was one such character, He postulated that the power of electricity derives from the resistance of the wire down which it travels; however, he did not live to see the running of miles of electrical cables around the world.
Fleet Fire: Thomas Edison and the Pioneers of the Electric Revolution by Davis, L.J. / Science News
Experiments with electric current from a "Voltaic pile" led Georg Simon Ohm to discover the empirical relation known as Ohm's law.
The ampere and electrical standards by Williams, Edwin R. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
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