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Woldemar Voigt

Woldemar Voigt, German physicist and academic (died 1919)

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Born
September 2, 1850
Died
December 13, 1919
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1850

About Woldemar Voigt

Woldemar Voigt, German physicist and academic (died 1919) He discovered what is now called the Voigt effect in 1898. Hermann Minkowski said in 1908 that the transformations which play the main role in the principle of relativity were first examined by Voigt in 1887. His main work was the Lehrbuch der Kristallphysik (Textbook on crystal physics), first published in 1910.

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Woldemar Voigt timeline

  1. He discovered what is now called the Voigt effect in 1898.
  2. Hermann Minkowski said in 1908 that the transformations which play the main role in the principle of relativity were first examined by Voigt in 1887.
  3. His main work was the Lehrbuch der Kristallphysik (Textbook on crystal physics), first published in 1910.

The world when Woldemar Voigt was born

Woldemar Voigt was born in 1850. 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 1850

  • Best-selling bookThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineCompromise of 1850 on slavery
  • Technology milestoneFirst submarine telegraph cable (English Channel)
  • World population~1.3B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderZachary Taylor / Millard Fillmore
  • U.S. population23.2M

1850 versus 2026

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Measure18502026
Population23.2M341 million

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