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| Born | (1837-06-21)June 21, 1837 |
| Died | February 17, 1907(1907-02-17) (aged 69) |
| Occupation(s) | Physicist, meteorologist |
| Known for | Bezold effect,Bezold-Brücke shift |
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm von Bezold (June 21, 1837 – February 17, 1907)[1] was a Germanphysicist andmeteorologist born inMunich,Kingdom of Bavaria. He is best known for discovering theBezold effect and theBezold–Brücke shift.
Bezold studied mathematics and physics at theUniversity of Munich and theUniversity of Göttingen. He taught meteorology in Munich from 1861, becoming a professor in 1866. In 1868 he began teaching at theTechnical University of Munich. In 1875, he was named a member of theBavarian Academy of Sciences.
From 1885 to 1907 director of thePrussian Institute of Meteorology at theUniversity of Berlin. As a scientist, he was mainly interested in the physics of the atmosphere, and he contributed much to the theory ofelectrical storms.
Bezold was one of the early researchers ofatmospheric thermodynamics. He consideredpseudo-adiabatic processes describingair as it is lifted, expands, cools, and eventually condenses and precipitates itswater vapor.
It was Bezold's investigations ofLichtenberg dust figures that were useful toHeinrich Rudolf Hertz during his attempt to physically validateMaxwell's mathematical analysis of electromagnetic waves.[2]
Wilhelm von Bezold (1876)The theory of color and its relation to art and art-industry... translated from the German by S. R. Koehler - digital facsimile from theLinda Hall Library
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