Pieter Rijke

Pieter Leonard also Rijke Petrus Leonardus Rijke, Petro Leonardo Ryke ( born July 11, 1812 in Hemmen, † April 7, 1899 in Leiden ) was a Dutch physicist.

Life

The son of the pastor's history expert Dirk Rijke ( born October 21, 1789 in Amsterdam, † August 2, 1830 in The Hague) and his wife Elisabeth Pieternella Beausar ( born September 25, 1786 in Oosterland; † August 2, 1854 in The Hague), had grown up in Brussels. On 9 December 1830 he enrolled at the University of Leiden, where he was graduated in the Philosophical Sciences. Like his father, he wanted to earn his living as a priest. So he pursued initially a study of theology, for which he also received a scholarship from the Faculty of Theology. On January 15, 1831 allowed him to continue his scientific studies and his formative teacher was this Pieter Johannes Uijlenbroek.

In 1835 he went as professor of natural sciences at the Athenaeum in Maastricht, where he also gave lectures on chemistry. On June 30, 1836, he received his doctorate in Leiden with the treatise de origine electricitatis Voltaicae of Doctor of Philosophy. During his Maastricht time he dealt mainly with the standardization of weights, the steam engines of the factories in Limburg, the earth's magnetism and electricity. On April 5, 1845, he was appointed associate professor of mathematics and physics at the University of Leiden, with a particular emphasis on the experimental physics. This office he stepped up to the speech de Metiris Petri locust Uylenbroek on 21 September 1845. He founded in 1859 in Leiden, a natural history laboratory and brought to this end, a variety of instruments together. His basic research have resulted in the development of the Rijke tube.

On May 10, dating back to 1854 he was appointed full professor, as which he also participated in the organizational tasks and 1862/63 Rector of the Alma Mater was. This office he resigned with the Rector's Address de causis, quibus effectum sit, ut studium disciplinarum physicarum hac nostra Aetate tantos fecerit progressus. In the same year he was taken on May 1, 1863 in the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, as a member. On 3 September 1882 he became Professor Emeritus from his chair and went on 19 September of the same year in retirement. Yet he had not remained restless. From 16 February 1864, he was a member of the State Council to an extraordinary service to his death. He has also acted in old age as a curator at the Gymnasium in Leiden.

Family

From its closed in Leiden on July 1, 1852 marriage to Johanna Elisabeth Hamaker ( born September 14, 1829 in Groesbeek, † February 27, 1875 in Leiden ), the daughter of the professor in Franeker and Leiden Arend Hendrik Hamaker (* February 23, 1789 in Amsterdam, † October 7, 1835 in Neerlangbroek ) and his wife Johanna Theodora Aurelia Camper ( born May 1, 1797 in Franeker, † 28 September 1835 at Neerlangbroek ), six sons and six daughters have emerged. Of the children are known:

  • Willem Dirk Rijke ( born September 11, 1853 in Leiden, † July 24, 1861 ibid )
  • Elisabeth Petronella Rijke ( born September 8, 1854 in Leiden, † June 3, 1857 ibid )
  • Theodora Adriana Sophia Rijke (* December 15, 1855 in Leiden ;)
  • Frederik Willem Hendrik Rijke ( born October 28, 1857 in Leiden ;)
  • N.N. Rijke ( * and † December 11, 1858 in Leiden )
  • Menno Rijke ( born December 4, 1859 in Leiden ;)
  • Eduard Rijke ( born September 2, 1861 in Leiden, † January 26, 1943 ibid ) m. September 10, 1885 in Nijmegen (Gelderland) with Sophie Marie Gevers ( born October 11 1863 in Boro, † December 30, 1917 Hummelo en Keppel (Gelderland) ), daughter of Theodore Jacques Henri Gevers and Johanna Wilhelmina Lans
  • Jacoba Carolina Rijke ( born November 28, 1862 in Leiden ;)
  • Petrus Leonardus Rijke ( born October 6, 1865 in Leiden ;)
  • Jacoba Sophia Rijke (* 1867 in Leiden † October 26, 1938 in Nijmegen)
  • Suzanna Maria Rijke (* 1870 in Leiden † August 9, 1943 ibid )
  • Constant Rijke (* 1875 in Leiden, † November 30, 1890 in Wageningen )

Works

  • Responsio ad quaestionem mathematicam qua quaeritur: " Commentatio de projectione stereographica ejusqu usu in Geographia et pahasbus defectus solaris delineandis. Leiden 1832.
  • Praecipuae naturae leges quae in Luminis diffractione observantur, earumque nexus cum aliis optices phaenomenis. Annal. Acad., Leiden 1832.
  • Specimen physicum inaugurale de orginen electricitatis Voltaicae. Maastricht 1836.
  • Oratio de meritis Petri locust Uyllenbroek. Leiden 1845.
  • Betrekking het maken van baar drink zeewater the door toestel van de heer Louis Roulet. In: Tijdschrift The Nederlandsche Maatschappij tot Bevordering The Geneeskunst. Arnhem in 1850, with Gerit Simons
  • Declaration of amplification suffered by the noise caused by a galvanic spark when the current is interrupted under certain stood. In: Johann Christian Poggendorff: Annals of physics and chemistry. Leipzig, 1853, vol 84, p 166-172.
  • Note on the striking distance of Ruhmkorff'schen apparatus. In: Johann Christian Poggendorff: Annals of physics and chemistry. Leipzig 1856, Vol 97, pp. 67-76.
  • From the Electricitäts excitation, which is observed when a liquid leaves the spaharoidalen state. In: Johann Christian Poggendorff: Annals of physics and chemistry. Leipzig 1856, Vol 97, pp. 500-508.
  • About the extra currents. In: Johann Christian Poggendorff: Annals of physics and chemistry. Leipzig 1858, Vol 102, pp. 481-529.
  • Notice of a New Method of Causing a vibration of the air in a tube open at BOTH ENDS. In: The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science. Taylor & Francis, London, 1859, Vol 17, pp. 419-422. (online)
  • Note on the Inductive Spark. In: The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science. Taylor & Francis, London, 1860, Vol 20, pp. 441-446. (online)
  • On the Duration of a Spark Which Accompanies the discharge of an Electrical Conductor. In: The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science. Taylor & Francis, London, 1861, Vol 21, pp. 365-369. (online)
  • Note on the inductive spark. In: The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science. Taylor & Francis, London, 1862, Vol 24, pp. 249-262.
  • Levensschets van Willem Jacob ' s Gravensande. In: Album of the Natuur. 1879, pp. 65-88.
  • Over de drukking, waaronder het gas door has been gas- branders moet gevoerd. In: verslagen s Mededeelingen the Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Amsterdam, 1874, Deel 9, pp. 127-132.
  • Over the ijk van gas meter. Leiden 1875.
  • Iets over the microphoon. In: verslagen s Mededeelingen the Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Amsterdam 1879 Deel 14, pp. 1-26.
  • Bijdragen tot de geschiedenis van het gasonderzoek te Leiden. Leiden 1882.
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