Heinrich Streintz

Heinrich Streintz ( born May 7, 1848 in Vienna, † November 11, 1892 in Graz) was an Austrian physicist.

After his parents had moved due to the frequent illnesses of her son to Graz, Streintz attended high school, where he graduated in 1868 with honors. Already there people became aware of his mathematical abilities so Streintz later at the University of Graz in mathematics, physics and chemistry occupied. At times, he also studied in Leipzig, Munich, and Zurich. In Graz he received his doctorate in 1872, and then to spend some time studying with Gustav Robert Kirchhoff and Leo Koenigsberger in Heidelberg. He then worked in Vienna with Josef Stefan on physical Institute, where he habilitated in 1873 as Assistant Professor. In 1875 he was appointed as associate professor of mathematical physics to Graz, and in 1885 he became a full professor there eventually. There he worked among others Ludwig Boltzmann together and was after his departure for Vienna, his successor in Graz.

In his scientific work ( both theoretically and experimentally ) dealt Streintz with probability theory, elasticity, electricity, etc. Streintz also wrote many papers and reviews for the German newspaper and literature for Austrian schools. Particularly well known is the essay " The physical fundamentals of mechanics" (1883 ), in which he criticized the Newtonian inertial term and instead a "fundamental body " or a "fundamental coordinate system " introduced, bringing the uniform movement should be defined more precisely. Similar considerations led shortly afterwards (1885 ) to introduce the concept of inertial frame by Ludwig Lange.

A cousin of Henry Streintz, Franz Streintz (1855-1922), was also a physicist and from 1906-1922 professorship owner of physics at the Technical University of Graz.

Swell

  • Albert von Ettingshausen: Heinrich Streintz. Obituary. In: Reports of the scientific association of Styria. 29, 1893, pp. 233-245.

Publications

  • About the changes of elasticity and the length of a through which the galvanic current wire, 1873
  • The post-arc transverse electric magnetisirter iron rods, 1877
  • Contributions to the knowledge of the elastic aftereffect, 1879
  • The physical fundamentals of mechanics, 1883
Svante Arrhenius Leo Königsberger Joseph Stefan Ludwig Lange (physicist)
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