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Franz Ernst Neumann

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German physicist and mineralogist (1798-1895)

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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.

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18881st Class Order of the Crown
1886Copley Medal
18762nd Class Order of the Crown
1872Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
1869Commander's Cross of the Order of the Crown of Prussia
1864Order of the Red Eagle 2nd Class
1862Foreign Member of the Royal Society
1860Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
1854Order of the Red Eagle 3rd Class
honorary doctor of the University of Königsberg

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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. In A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism of 1873, James Clerk Maxwell attributes the mathematical formulation of Faraday's law of induction to Neumann.

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Lived 1798 to 1895 · aged 96
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