Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval
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Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval (8 June 1851 – 31 December 1940) was a French physician, physicist and inventor of the moving-coil D'Arsonval galvanometer and 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.
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Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval | |
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Born | 8 June 1851 |
Died | 31 December 1940 (1941-01-01) (aged 89) |
Nationality | French |
Known for | Galvanometer Electrophysiology |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Electrophysiology |
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