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Edwin Herbert Hall Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Edwin Herbert Hall, based on 1 World History Database records associated with United States of America.

1 records1879–18791 events1 places

Chronological biography

1879

Hall Effect1879
Science / Physics · Physicist · Baltimore

Discovers that a magnetic field produces a transverse voltage in a current-carrying conductor, later understood through electron motion.

Titles and roles

Physicist

Record provenance

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