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Johann Christian Poggendorff: German physicist (1796–1877).
Born in Hamburg (died at age 80).
Studied at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
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Johann Christian Poggendorff was a German physicist born in Hamburg. By far the greater and more important part of his work related to electricity and magnetism. Poggendorff is known for his electrostatic motor which is analogous to Wilhelm Holtz's electrostatic machine. In 1841 he described the use of the potentiometer for measurement of electrical potentials without current draw.
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