Félix Savart
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Félix Savart (June 30 1791-March 16 1841) became a professor at Collège de France in 1836 and was the co-originator of the Biot-Savart Law, along with Jean-Baptiste Biot. Together, they worked on the theory of magnetism and electrical currents. Their law was developed about 1820. The Biot-Savart Law relates magnetic fields to the currents which are their sources. Félix Savart also studied acoustics. He developed the Savart wheel which produces sound at specific graduated frequencies using rotating disks.
External links
- O'Connor, John J., and Edmund F. Robertson. "Félix Savart". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
Categories
French physicists | 1791 births | 1841 deaths