Mathematician:Wilhelm Eduard Weber

Mathematician
German physicist who invented the first electromagnetic telegraph with.

Younger brother of, and elder brother of.

Not to be confused with either the physicist (, or the mathematician.

Nationality
German

History

 * Born: 4 October 1804 in Wittenberg, Saxony (now Germany)
 * 1814: Left Wittenberg after the city fell to the Prussians, moved to Halle
 * 1822: Entered the University of Halle
 * 1831: Hired by the university of Göttingen as professor of physics, on the recommendation of
 * 1833: Constructed the first electromagnetic telegraph with
 * 1837: Expelled from his post for being one of the who rebelled against the new King
 * 1843 -- 1849: Professor of physics in Leipzig
 * Died: 23 June 1891 in Göttingen, Germany

Theorems and Definitions

 * Weber (Unit)

Publications

 * 1825: Wellenlehre auf Experimente gegründet (with )
 * 1840: Atlas Des Erdmagnetismus: Nach Den Elementen Der Theorie Entworfen (with )
 * 1836: Mechanik der menschlichen Gehwerkzenge (with )
 * 1846: Elektrodynamische Massenbestimmungen