biography
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Lenz, Heinrich (Friedrich Emil)
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pronunciation:
[lents]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1804–65)
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| biography:
| Physicist, born in Tartu (formerly Dorpat), E Estonia. He first studied theology, then chemistry and physics at Dorpat. He became professor of physics at St Petersburg Academy of Science (1836), and later, dean of mathematics and physics. He was the first to state the law governing induced current (Lenz's law), and is also credited with discovering the dependence of electrical resistance on temperature (Joule's law). |
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