T. J. Seebeck
Thomas Johann Seebeck
(
April 9
,
1770
-
December 10
,
1831
) was a
physicist
who in
1821
discovered the
thermoelectric effect
. Seebeck was born in
Reval
,
East Prussia
(today Tallinn,
Estonia
) to a wealthy
German
merchant family. He received a medical degree in
1802
from the
University of Gttingen
, but preferred to study physics. In
1821
he discovered the thermoelectric effect, where a junction of dissimilar metals produces an electric current when exposed to a temperature gradient. This is also called the
Seebeck effect
and is the basis of the
thermocouple
.
External link
A Biography of Seebeck, includes references
Seebeck, T. J. Seebeck, T. J.
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