Frederick Warren Grover (September 3, 1876 – January 30, 1973) was an American physicist and

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. Grover worked as a physicist at the National Bureau of Standards, and he went to study with

Arnold Sommerfeld Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld, (; 5 December 1868 – 26 April 1951) was a German theoretical physicist who pioneered developments in atomic and quantum physics, and also educated and mentored many students for the new era of theoretica ...

at the

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in 1907. He was awarded his doctorate in 1908, and his thesis dealt with precision measurements and theory of eddy currents to determine a new method for finding the conductivity of metals. Upon receipt of his doctorate, he again worked at the National Bureau of Standards. Later, as Professor of Electrical Engineering, he taught at Union College in Schenectady, New York from 1920 to 1946. Grover received a B.S. degree from MIT in 1899, an

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degree from Wesleyan University in 1901, a Ph.D. degree from George Washington University in 1907, and a second Ph.D. degree from the University of Munich, Germany in 1908.

Publications

* Frederick W. Grover ''Additions to Inductance Formulas'', ''Scientific Paper #320, Bulletin of the Bureau of Standards'' 14 555-570 (1918) *Frederick W. Grover ''Tables for the Calculation of the Inductance of Circular Coils of Rectangular Cross Section'', ''Scientific Paper #455, Scientific Papers of the Bureau of Standards'' 18 451-487 (1922) *Frederick W. Grover ''Formulas and Tables for the Calculation of the Inductance of Coils of Polygonal Form'', ''Scientific Paper #468, Scientific Papers of the Bureau of Standards'' 18 737-762 (1922) * Frederick W. Grover ''The Calculation of the Inductance of Single-Layer Coils and Spirals Wound with Wire of Large Cross Section'', ''Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers'' (1929) * Frederick W. Grover ''Inductance Calculations: Working Formulas and Tables'' (Van Nostrand, 1946 and Dover, 1962 and 2004)

References

* Michael Eckert ''Mathematics, Experiments, and Theoretical Physics: The Early Days of the Sommerfeld School'', ''Journal Physics in Perspective'' Volume 1, Number 3, pp. 238–252 (1999)

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1876 births 1973 deaths American physicists Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Wesleyan University alumni George Washington University alumni Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni {{US-physicist-stub