Wilhelm Westphal
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Wilhelm Heinrich Westphal was a German physicist. From 1918, he was a professor at the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin. During the period 1922 to 1924, he was also an expert adviser to the Prus
Wilhelm Westphal in Stuttgart (1935)
Heinrich Rubens
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Heinrich Rubens was a German experimental physicist known for his measurements of the energy of black-body radiation, which led Max Planck to the discovery of his radiation law. This was the genesis o
Wilhelm Westphal
…under Arthur Wehnelt with a thesis on measurements of potential in Wehnelt cylinders. After receipt of his doctorate, Westphal became an assistant to Heinrich Rubens at the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin, where he researched thermal radiation and electric discharges in gases. During his time there, Westphal…
The grave of Heinrich and Marie Rubens in Berlin.
Participants at the first Solvay conference 1911. Rubens is the third person from left standing in the back.