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Helmholtz Baron Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von . 1821--94, German physiologist, physicist, and mathematician: helped to found the theory of the conservation of energy; invented the ophthalmoscope (1850); and investigated the mechanics of sight and sound helmholtz [′helm‚hōlts] (electricity) A unit of dipole moment per unit area, equal to 1 Debye unit per square angstrom, or approximately 3.335 × 10-10coulomb per meter. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He points in particular to the "empathy theorists" Vischer and Wolfflin and to the work of the physicist Hermann von Helmholtz, contending that Crary unfairly dismisses Helmholtz as a "normalizing" figure who "conceals" the reality of the ongoing autonomization project (which is also what Crary would say about Menzel, Fried predicts). Theodore keyed into the latest acoustical research of physicist Hermann von Helmholtz for his own patented piano designs. Many of the symposium panelists found that they have taken the same steps to discovery that the physicist Hermann von Helmholtz described last century: immersion, incubation and illumination. |
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