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Ernst Chladni
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German physicist, mathematician and musician (1756 – 1827)
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Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni was a male physicist, astronomer, mathematician, and musician born in Lutherstadt Wittenberg in 1756 and died in Wrocław in 1827. He was a citizen of the Kingdom of Prussia and worked in Lutherstadt Wittenberg and Leipzig. Chladni was educated at Leipzig University and employed by the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences. He wrote in German and spoke German.
His notable works include *Kurze uebersicht der schall- und klanglehre*, *E. F. F. Chladni's Beyträge zur praktischen Akustik und zur Lehre vom Instrumentbau*, *Ueber Feuer-Meteore*, and *Über die mit denselben herabgefallenen Massen*. He was a member of the Academy of Science for Public Utility, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He is buried in Wrocław.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1756
- Died
- 1827
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Kurze uebersicht der schall- und klanglehre
- E. F. F. Chladni's Beyträge zur praktischen Akustik und zur Lehre vom Instrumentbau
- Ueber Feuer-Meteore, und Über die mit denselben herabgefallenen Massen
- Ueber Feuer-Meteore
- Ueber den Ursprung der von Pallas gefundenen und anderer ihr ähnlicher Eisenmassen, und über einige damit in Verbindung stehende Naturerscheinungen
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Austria
- Active from
- 1941
- Active to
- 2008
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Key facts
- Born
- 30 November 1756 ( 1756-11-30 ) , Wittenberg , Electorate of Saxony
- Died
- 3 April 1827 (1827-04-03) (aged 70), Breslau , Prussia , German Confederation
- Known for
- Study of acoustics Chladni plates and figures Estimating the speed of sound Chladni's law Theory of meteorites ' origins
- Fields
- Physics
- Institutions
- University of Erlangen , University of Leipzig
- Doctoral advisor
- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
- Doctoral students
- Ernst Heinrich Weber
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ernst
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Place of birth
- Lutherstadt Wittenberg
- Place of death
- Wrocław
- Occupation
- geologist
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- physics
- Image
- Echladni.jpg
- Work location
- Lutherstadt Wittenberg
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- Commons category
- Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni
- date of birth
- 1756-11-30
- date of death
- 1827-04-03
- place of burial
- Wrocław
- writing language
- German
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni ( UK: /ˈklædni/, US: /ˈklɑːdni/, German: [ɛʁnst ˈfloːʁɛns ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈkladniː]; 30 November 1756 – 3 April 1827) was a German physicist and musician. His most important work, for which he is sometimes labeled the father of acoustics, included research on vibrating plates and the calculation of the speed of sound for different gases. He also undertook pioneering work in the study of meteorites and is regarded by some as the father of meteoritics.
Early life
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