Ampere

Ampere

By augustuswynne
  • Jan 1, 1543

    Copernicus

    Copernicus
    The publication of Copernicus' book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres), just before his death in 1543, is considered a major event in the history of science. It began the Copernican Revolution and contributed importantly to the scientific revolution.

  • Galileo

    Galileo
    he contributed to physics with his creation of lensed telescopes. & created an improved version of a military compass.

  • Snell

    Snell
    Law of refraction of light, astronomer, Dutch

  • Kepler

    Kepler
    laws of planetary motion, improved the telescope, Germany

  • Newton

    Newton
    Laws of motion and universal gravitation, telescopes, England

  • Franklin

    Franklin
    proposed lightning rod, proposed the electrical “ground”, demonstrated dangers of alternating current, and defined the modern views of electricity.

  • Watt

    Watt
    Changes to the steam engine that helped start the industrial revolution, SI unit, Scotland

  • Avagadro

    Avagadro
    Avogadro's Law states that the relationship between the masses of the same volume of different gases (at the same temperature and pressure) corresponds to the relationship between their respective molecular weights.

  • ampere

    ampere
    developing a mathematical and physical theory to understand the relationship between electricity and magnetism. Furthering Ørsted’s experimental work, Ampère showed that two parallel wires carrying electric currents attract or repel eachother.
    & ampere’s law.

  • Ohm

    Ohm
    direct proportionality between the potential difference (voltage) applied across a conductor and the resultant electric current, Germany

  • Joule

    Joule
    1841 law of conservation of energy, SI unit, he was a brewer. Salford Lancashire

  • doppler

    doppler
    Doppler effect) that the observed frequency of a wave depends on the relative speed of the source and the observer, and he tried to use this concept for explaining the colour of binary stars

  • Tesla

    Tesla
    design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system, Serbia

  • Hertz

    Hertz
    1886–1889 first person to conclusively prove the existence of electromagnetic waves. German physicist.

  • Kelvin

    Kelvin
    laws of thermodynamics transatlantic telegraph, correct value of absolute zero, he was knighted, UK

  • Einstein

    Einstein
    theory of relativity e=mc^2, modern quantum theory, and thermodynamics