August Seebeck

Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm August Seebeck (* December 27, 1805 in Jena, † March 19, 1849 in Dresden ) was a German physicist.

Seebeck was the son of the physicist Thomas Seebeck. From 1824 he studied mathematics and physics in Berlin, took after the dissertation to a teaching career at various schools in Berlin and in 1843 director of the Dresden Technical School, founded in 1818 appointed ( the predecessor of today's University of Technology ). He died of smallpox. His work dealt with optical and acoustic problems.

Works

Repertory of Physics ( Ed. H. W. Dove ). Vol 6: acoustics. Berlin 1842

Repertory of Physics ( Ed. H. W. Dove ). Vol 8: Acoustic. Berlin 1849