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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.

Ohm, Georg Simon

Born Mar. 16, 1789, in Erlangen; died July 7, 1854, in Munich. German physicist.

Ohm studied at the University of Erlangen in 1805–06 and then worked as a teacher in Gottstadt, Switzerland, from 1806 to 1809. He prepared independently and defended his doctoral thesis at Erlangen in 1811. He taught at Bamberg (1813–17), Cologne (1817–28), and Berlin (1828–33). In 1833 he became director of the Polytechnic School in Nuremberg, and in 1849 a professor at the University of Munich.

Ohm’s main works were on electricity, optics, crystal optics, and acoustics. In 1826, by carrying out a series of precise experiments, he established the fundamental law of electrical circuits (Ohm’s law) and in 1827 provided a theoretical foundation for it. Beginning in 1830 he devoted his time to acoustics. In 1843 he demonstrated that the simplest auditory perception is evoked only by harmonic vibrations into which the ear breaks down complex sounds (called the acoustic law of Ohm). In 1881 the name “ohm” was given to the unit of electric resistance (Ω). Ohm was a member of the Royal Society of London (1842).

WORKS

Grundzüge der Physik. Nuremberg, 1854.
Gesammelte Abhandlungen. Leipzig, 1892.

REFERENCE

Füchtbauer, H. von. Georg Simon Ohm. Berlin, 1939.
Gerlach, W. Georg Simon Ohm—Gedächtnis-Rede zur Feier seines 150. Geburtstages. Munich, 1939.

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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

In 1827, Georg Simon Ohm published his famous book, Die galvanische Kette, in which he explains what we now refer to as Ohm's law, which describes the relationship of a current through most materials to be directly proportional to the potential difference applied across the material.

Do you know? by Doors and Hardware

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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