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Johann Christian Poggendorff
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Johann Christian Poggendorff
Johann Christian Poggendorff
(29 December 1796 – 24 January 1877), was a
German
physicist
born in
Hamburg
. By far the greater and more important part of his work related to
electricity
and
magnetism
. Poggendorff is known for his
electrostatic motor
which is analogous to
Wilhelm Holtz
's
electrostatic machine
. In 1841 he described the use of the
potentiometer
for measurement of electrical potentials without current draw.
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