Félix Savart

Also known as Felix Savart

French physicist (1791–1841)

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Born: 1791
Died: 1841
Works: 10

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Mémoire sur la construction des instruments a cordes et a archet
Recherches sur le mécanisme de la voix humaine
Memoir on the mechanism of the human voice
Mémoire sur la construction des instruments à cordes et à archet
On the acoustic figures produced by the vibrations communicated through the air to elastic membranes

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Type: Person
Country: DE
Active from: 1809-02-03
Active to: 1847-11-04

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Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

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Félix Savart (/səˈvɑːr/; French: [savaʁ]; 30 June 1791, Mézières – 16 March 1841, Paris) was a French physicist and mathematician who is primarily known for the Biot–Savart law of electromagnetism, which he discovered together with his colleague Jean-Baptiste Biot. His main interest was in acoustics and the study of vibrating bodies. A particular interest in the violin led him to create an experimental trapezoidal model. He gave his name to the savart, a unit of measurement for musical intervals, and to Savart's wheel—a device he used while investigating the range of human hearing.

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