Johann Christian Poggendorff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German physicist
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Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany
About Johann Christian Poggendorff
- Johann Christian Poggendorff (29 December 1796 – 24 January 1877), was a German physicist born in Hamburg.
- By far the greater and more important part of his work related to electricity and magnetism.
- Poggendorff is known for his electrostatic motor which is analogous to Wilhelm Holtz's electrostatic machine.
- In 1841 he described the use of the potentiometer for measurement of electrical potentials without current draw.
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