Andreas von Ettingshausen

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name = Andreas von Ettingshausen

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caption = Andreas Freiherr von Ettingshausen (1796-1878)
birth_date = 25 November, 1796
birth_place = Heidelberg, Germany
death_date = 25 May, 1878
death_place = Vienna, Austria
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fields = Physicist and mathematician
workplaces = University of Innsbruck
University of Vienna
Vienna Polytechnic Institute
alma_mater = University of Vienna
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doctoral_students = Ernst Mach
Jožef Stefan
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known_for = Electric machines
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Andreas Freiherr von Ettingshausen (born 25 November, 1796, Heidelberg and died 25 May, 1878, Vienna) was a German mathematician and physicist.

Ettingshausen studied philosophy and jurisprudence in Vienna. In 1817, he joined University of Vienna and taught mathematics and physics. In 1819 he became professor of physics at the University of Innsbruck and 1821 professor of higher mathematics at University of Vienna. His lectures of that time marked a new era for the University of Vienna, and they were published in 1827 in 2 volumes. In 1834 Ettingshausen became the chair of physics.

Ettingshausen was the first to design an electromagnetic machine, which used the electrical induction for power generation. He promoted optics and wrote a text book of physics. His method of lecturing was widely influential. In addition he wrote a book on combinatorial analysis (Vienna 1826). In 1866, he retired.

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* [http://aeiou.iicm.tugraz.at/aeiou.encyclop.e/e864693.htm Biography of Ettingshausen]