John Kerr
Scottish physicist and pioneer in the field of electro-optics (1824-1907) · Scientists · Died at 82
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Something wrong?John Kerr FRS was a Scottish physicist and a pioneer in the field of electro-optics. He is best known for the discovery of what is now called the Kerr effect.
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1824 to 1907 · aged 82
Scientists born in the 1820s 6
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