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Title: HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZ
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HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZ
- a brief biographical sketch by
- Carl J. Wenning
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Herman Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz
- German physiologist and physicist
- Born Potsdam, Prussia, August 31, 1821
- Died Charlottenburg (near Berlin), September 8,
1894
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Most notable accomplishments
- Developed the concept of the conservation of
energy, extending it to biological systems. - Said the Suns energy source was gravit-ational
contraction. - Applied physics to study of music
