Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval

"d'Arsonval" redirects here. For the lunar crater, see d'Arsonval (crater).

Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval
Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval
Born	June 8, 1851 La Porcherie
Died	December 13, 1940
Nationality	French
Fields	electrophysiology
Known for	galvanometer electrophysiology

Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval (June 8, 1851 – December 13, 1940) was born in La Porcherie and was a French physician, physicist and inventor of the moving-coil galvanometer and probably of the thermocouple ammeter. D'Arsonval was an important contributor to the emerging field of electrophysiology, the study of the effects of electricity on biological organisms, in the nineteenth century.

In 1881, d'Arsonval proposed tapping the thermal energy of the ocean. d'Arsonval's student, Georges Claude, built the first OTEC plant in Cuba in 1930.

d'Arsonval has a phenomenon named after him. An alternating current having a frequency of 10 kilohertz or greater produces no muscular contractions and does not affect the sensory nerves. It is also called the Tesla Current.

See also

• Oudin coil

External links

• http://chem.ch.huji.ac.il/~eugeniik/history/arsonval.html

Further reading

• Culotta, Charles A. (1970). "Arsonval, Arsène D'". Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 302–305. ISBN 0684101149. 

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Name	Arsonval, Jacques Arsene D
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Date of birth	June 8, 1851
Place of birth	La Porcherie
Date of death	December 13, 1940
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