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Helmholtz
[ helm-hohlts ]
noun
- Her·mann Lud·wig Fer·di·nand von [her, -mahn , loot, -vik , fer, -di-nahnt f, uh, n], 1821–94, German physiologist and physicist.
Helmholtz
/ ˈhɛlmhɔlts /
noun
- HelmholtzHermann Ludwig Ferdinand von18211894MGermanSCIENCE: physiologistSCIENCE: physicistSCIENCE: mathematician Baron Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von (ˈhɛrman ˈluːtvɪç ˈfɛrdinant fɔn). 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
/ hĕlm′hōlts′ /
- German physicist and physiologist who was a founder of the law of conservation of energy. Helmholtz did pioneering research on vision and invented an instrument for examining the interior of the eye in 1851.
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The chief evidence on the subject is a passage of the Problems, the importance of which was first pointed out by Helmholtz .
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Helmholtz says he would be ashamed of any novice in his laboratory who should design so poor an optical appliance.
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On February 14th he records that Professor Helmholtz called, but unfortunately leaves no further memorandum of that visit.
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Until the publication of Helmholtz's work vocal theorists had known practically nothing of acoustics.
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According to Helmholtz the power of the full moon is not more than that of a candle twelve feet away.
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