About Maximilien Toepler
Lived 1870 – 1960 (aged 89–90). Maximilien Toepler was a German physicist and university teacher.
Maximilien August Topler (25 June 1870 – 14 March 1960) was a German physicist known for his work on electrostatics, sparks and Schlieren photography. His father was the physicist August Toepler.
Toepler's law (1906) states that the resistance of an electric arc at any time is inversely proportional to the charge which has flowed through the arc:
where I(t) is the current in the arc discharge at time t, and D is the gap between the electrodes. The parameter is a constant whose value is .
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Who was Maximilien Toepler?
German physicist (1870–1960)
When was Maximilien Toepler born?
Maximilien Toepler was born in 1870 in Graz.
When did Maximilien Toepler die?
Maximilien Toepler died in 1960 in Langebrück.
What was Maximilien Toepler's occupation?
Maximilien Toepler was a physicist and university teacher.
What nationality was Maximilien Toepler?
Maximilien Toepler was German.
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