Jean Charles Athanase Peltier
French physicist (1785–1845) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jean Charles Athanase Peltier[1] (/ˈpɛltieɪ/;[2] French: [pɛltje]; 22 February 1785 – 27 October 1845) was a French physicist. He was originally a watch dealer, but at the age of 30 began experiments and observations in physics.
Jean Charles Athanase Peltier | |
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Born | 22 February 1785 |
Died | 27 October 1845 (1845-10-28) (aged 60) |
Occupation | Physicist |
Known for | Peltier effect Peltier electrometer |
Peltier was the author of numerous papers in different departments of physics. His name is specially associated with the thermal effects at junctions in a voltaic circuit,[3] the Peltier effect. Peltier introduced the concept of electrostatic induction (1840), based on the modification of the distribution of electric charge in a material under the influence of a second object closest to it and its own electrical charge.