Pieter Rijke

Petrus Leonardus Rijke (July 11, 1812 – April 7, 1899) was a Dutch physicist, and a professor in experimental physics at the University of Leiden. Rijke spent his scientific career exploring the physics of electricity, and is known for the Rijke tube.On July 1, 1852 he was married to Johanna Hamaker. They had 6 sons and 6 daughters.

Early years and education

Rijke was born in Hemmen, (municipality Valburg), Netherlands. His father, Dirk Rijke, was a pastor. His mother was Elisabeth Pieternella Beausar.

From 1830 Rijke studied physics under P.J. Uijlenbroek at the University of Leiden, where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1836. His thesis was on "Specimen physicum inaugurale de origine electricitatis Voltaicae".

Academic career

In 1835 he was appointed professor of physics at the Royal Athenaeum in Maastricht. In 1845 he became extraordinary professor and in 1854 he was promoted to full professor of physics at the University of Leiden.

There he started a physics laboratory with a large collection of scientific instruments. His most important students were H.A. Lorentz and J.D. van der Waals. He retired in 1882, and was succeeded by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes as professor of experimental physics at the University of Leiden.

Publications

1831 P.L. Rijke. Responsio ad quaestionem mathematicam qua quaeritur : “Commentatio de projectione stereographica ejusqu usu in geographia et pahasbus defectus solaris delineandis. Leiden, Annal. Acad.

1832 P.L. Rijke. Praecipuae naturae leges, quae in Luminis diffractione observantur, earumque nexus cum aliis optices phaenomenis. Leiden, Annal. Acad.

1836 P.L. Rijke Specimen physicum inaugurale de orginen electricitatis Voltaicae. Leiden.

1845 P.L. Rijke. Oratio de meritis Petri Johannis Uyllenbroek. Universiteit Leiden .

1853 P.L. Rijke. Erklarung der verstarkung die das durch einen galvanischen Funken verursachte Gerausch erleidet, wenn der strom unter gewissen umstanden unterbrochen wird. Poggendorf Annal 84, 166-172.

1856 P.L. Rijke. Notiz uber die schlagweite desRuhmkorff’schen apparat. Poggendorff Annal 97, 67-76.

1856 P.L. Rijke.Von der Electricitats-Erregung, welche man beobachtet wenn eine flussigkeit den spaharoidalen zustand verlasst. Poggendorf Annal 97, 500-508.

1858 P.L. Rijke. Ueber die extrastrome. Poggendorf Annal 102, 481-529.

1859 P.L. Rijke. On the vibration of the air in a tube open at both ends. Phil. Mag. 17. 419-422.

1859 P.L. Rijke. Ueber die schalgweite der electrischen batterie. Poggendorf Annal 106, 411-453.

1860 P.L. Rijke. Note on the inductive spark. Phil. Mag. 20. 441-446.

1861 P.L. Rijke. On the duration of a spark which accompanies the discharge of an electrical conductor. Phil. Mag. 21. 365-369.

1862 P.L. Rijke. Note on the inductive spark. Phil. Mag. 24. 249-262.

1874 P.L. Rijke. Over de drukking, waaronder het gas door gasbranders gevoerd moet worden. Amsterdam, Akad. Versl en Meded., 9, 1874 127-132.

1875 P.L. Rijke. Over den ijk van Gasmeters. Leiden .

1879 P.L. Rijke. Iets over den microphoon. Amsterdam, Akad. Versl en Meded., 14, 1879. 1-26.

1882 P.L. Rijke Bijdragen tot de geschiedneis van het gasonderzoek te Leiden. Leiden .

???? P.L. Rijke. Betrekking het drinkbaar maken van zeewater door den toestel van de heer Louis Roulet. Tijdschrift der Nederlandse maatschappij tot bevordering van der geneeskunde

ee also

* Rijke tube

External links

* H.A.M. Snelders, [http://www.inghist.nl/Onderzoek/Projecten/BWN/lemmata/bwn3/rijke "Rijke, Petrus Leonardus (1812-1899)"] , in Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland. (In Dutch).
* Vasco Verlaan, [http://www.lorentz.leidenuniv.nl/history/explosion/rijke/rijke.html "P.L. Rijke: Een Bron van degelijkheid."] , master's thesis, University of Utrecht, 2003 (In Dutch).