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Franz Ernst Neumann

Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist (died 1895)

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Born
September 11, 1798
Died
May 23, 1895
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1798

About Franz Ernst Neumann

Franz Ernst Neumann was a German mineralogist and physicist. He devised the first formulas to calculate inductance. He also formulated Neumann's law for molecular heat. In electromagnetism, he is credited for introducing the magnetic vector potential. Bernhard Minnigerode (1837–1896), another student of Neumann, first expressed this relation in written form in 1887 in the journal Neues Jahrb. With the mathematician Carl Gustav Jacobi, he founded in 1834 the Mathematisch-physikalisches Seminar which operated in two sections for mathematics and for mathematical physics.

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Franz Ernst Neumann timeline

  1. With the mathematician Carl Gustav Jacobi, he founded in 1834 the Mathematisch-physikalisches Seminar which operated in two sections for mathematics and for mathematical physics.
  2. Bernhard Minnigerode (1837–1896), another student of Neumann, first expressed this relation in written form in 1887 in the journal Neues Jahrb.

The world when Franz Ernst Neumann was born

Franz Ernst Neumann was born in 1798. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1798

  • Best-selling bookLyrical Ballads by Wordsworth & Coleridge

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineQuasi-War with France begins
  • Technology milestoneLithography invented
  • World population~840M

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJohn Adams
  • U.S. population5.0M

1798 versus 2026

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Measure17982026
Population5.0M341 million

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