Anton Oberbeck (25 March 1846 – 23 October 1900) was a German

physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate caus ...

from

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. He studied at

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and the

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, obtaining his doctorate from the latter in 1868. From 1870 to 1878 he was a teacher at Sophien-Realgymnasium in Berlin, during which time, he participated in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71). He lectured at

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and

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and conducted research at the University of Greifswald (1885–1895), and later at the

University of Tübingen The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (german: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; la, Universitas Eberhardina Carolina), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Wü ...

Published works

* ''Über die sogenannte Magnetisirungskonstante'', 1868 (graduate thesis) – On the so-called

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. * ''Über eine Methode, die Leitungsfähigkeit von Flüssigkeiten für Electricität zu bestimmen'', 1874 – On a method for determining the conductivity of liquids involving electricity. * ''Ueber stationäre Flüssigkeitsbewegungen mit Berücksichtigung der inneren Reibung''. J. reine angew. Math. 81 (1876) 62–80. * ''Über die Fortpflanzung der magnetischen Induction im weichen Eisen'', 1878 (habilitation thesis) – On the propagation of magnetic induction in

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. * ''Über die Bewegungen der Luft an der Erdoberfläche'', 1882 – On the movements of air at the surface. * ''Über die Bewegungserscheinungen der Atmosphaere'', 1888 – On the phenomena of motion of the atmosphere. * ''Über Licht und Leuchten'', 1895 – On lighting and lamps.Google Search
published works * ''Ueber den Verlauf der electrischen Schwingungen bei den Tesla’schen Versuchen''. Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Vol. 55, 1895. – About the behavior of electrical oscillations in the Tesla experiments.

References

1846 births 1900 deaths 19th-century German physicists Scientists from Berlin People from the Province of Brandenburg Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Heidelberg University alumni Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg faculty Karlsruhe Institute of Technology faculty University of Greifswald faculty University of Tübingen faculty {{Germany-physicist-stub