Martin Van Marum (1750-1837) - Dutch physicist and botanist.
| Martin Van Marum | |
|---|---|
| niderl. Martinus van marum | |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Delft |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | Harlem |
| A country | |
| Scientific field | physicist |
| Place of work | |
| Alma mater | University of Groningen |
| supervisor | |
| Awards and prizes | member of the Royal Society of London |
He graduated from the University of Groningen (1773). In the years 1776-1780. was a doctor in Haarlem , from 1783 - director of the cabinet of lovers of physics and science (later the Taylor Museum in Haarlem).
The works are devoted to the study of electrical phenomena and gases. Carrying out a series of experiments in order to verify the Boyle-Mariotte law for all gases, and not just for air, and changing only the pressure of gaseous ammonia, he received it in a liquid state. After Van Marum’s experiments, numerous attempts were made to turn known gases into liquids by compressing them.
He built a large electric machine and decomposed a number of substances with sparks from it (in 1785 and later), in particular, ammonia into nitrogen and hydrogen. By the characteristic odor and oxidizing properties that air acquires after passing electric sparks through it, ozone has discovered. In 1786, he established the connection of heat with an electric spark.
Corresponding Member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1803).
Notes
- ↑ https://rkd.nl/explore/artists/425012
- ↑ Biografisch Portaal - 2009.
- ↑ 1 2 Committee of Historical and Scientific Works - 1834.
- ↑ RKDartists
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ Mathematical Genealogy - 1997.
Literature
- Van Marum // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Van Marum // Small Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 4 volumes - St. Petersburg. 1907-1909.
- Hramov Yu. A. Van Marum Martin // Physicists: Biographical Reference / Ed. A.I. Akhiezer . - Ed. 2nd, rev. and add. - M .: Nauka , 1983 .-- S. 55 .-- 400 p. - 200,000 copies. (per.)