HEINRICH GUSTAV See also:

• HEINRICH GUSTAV MAGNUS (1802-1870)

MAGNUS (1802-1870)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German chemist and physicist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin on the 2nd of May 1802 . His See also:

• FATHER

father was a wealthy See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant; and of his five See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers one, Eduard (1799-1872), became a celebrated painter . After studying at Berlin, he went to See also:

• STOCKHOLM

Stockholm to See also:

• WORK

work under See also:

• BERZELIUS, JONS JAKOB (1779-1848)

Berzelius, and later to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, where he studied for a while under See also:

• GAY, JOHN (1685-1732)
• GAY, MARIE FRANCOISE SOPHIE (1776-1852)
• GAY, WALTER (1856– )

Gay-Lussac and See also:

• THENARD, LOUIS JACQUES (1777-1857)

Thenard . In 1831 he returned to Berlin as lecturer on technology and physics at the university . As a teacher his success was rapid and extraordinary . His lucid See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style and the perfection of his experimental demonstrations See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew to his lectures a See also:

• CROWD, CROUTH, CROWTH

crowd of enthusiastic scholars, on whom he impressed the importance of applied See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science by conducting them See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the factories and work-shops of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city; and he further found See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to hold weekly " colloquies " on See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical questions at his See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house with a small circle of See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young students . From 1827 to 1833 he was occupied mainly with chemical researches, which resulted in the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of the first of the platino-ammonium compounds (" See also:

• MAGNUS, HEINRICH GUSTAV (1802-1870)

Magnus's See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt " is Ptll,, 2NHa), of sulphovinic, ethionic and isethionic acids and their salts, and, in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with C . F . Ammermuller, of periodic See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid . Among other subjects at which he subsequently worked were the absorption of gases in See also:

• BLOOD

blood (1837-1845), the expansion of gases by See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat (1841-1844), the vapour pressures of See also:

• WATER

water and various solutions (1844-1854), thermo-See also:

• ELECTRICITY

electricity (1851), See also:

• ELECTROLYSIS (formed from Gr. Xbety, to loosen)

electrolysis (1856), See also:

• INDUCTION (from Lat. inducere, to lead into; cf. Gr. ilrayu yli)

induction of currents (1858-1861), See also:

• CONDUCTION, ELECTRIC

conduction of heat in gases (186o), and polarization of heat (1866-1868) . From 1861 onwards he devoted much See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to the question of diathermancy in gases and vapours, especially to the behaviour in this respect of dry and moist See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air, and to the thermal effects produced by the condensation of moisture on solid surfaces . In 1834 Magnus was elected extraordinary, and in 1845 See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor at Berlin .

He was. three times elected See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

dean of the See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty, in 1847, 1858 and 1863; and in 1861, See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector magnificus . His See also:

• GREAT

great reputation led to his being entrusted by the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government with several See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions; in 1865 he represented See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia in the See also:

• CONFERENCE

conference called at See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort to introduce a See also:

• UNIFORM

uniform metric See also:

• SYSTEM

system of weights and See also:

• MEASURES

measures into See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . For See also:

• FORTY

forty-five years his labour was incessant; his first memoir was published in 1825 when he was yet a student; his last appeared shortly after his See also:

• DEATH

death on the 4th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1870 . He married in 184o Bertha Humblot, of a See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French Huguenot See also:

• FAMILY

family settled in Berlin, by whom he See also:

• LEFT

left a son and two daughters . See Allgemeine deutsche Biog . The Royal Society's See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

Catalogue enumerates 84 papers by Magnus, most of which originally appeared in See also:

• POGGENDORFF, JOHANN CHRISTIAN (1796-1877)

Poggendorff's Annalen .