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Hall Effect

United States of America · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1879Date range
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1879

Edwin Herbert Hall1879

Baltimore · Science / Physics

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

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Edwin Herbert Hall

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