Loránd Eötvös ( 1848-1919 )

Course of Life

• Student years, early studies
• University studies
• Traveller and Sportman
• The old scientist

Eötvös the Scientist

• The Eötvös Rule
• Gravity and Magnetism
• The First Experiments with the Torsion Balance
• The Birth of Geophysics - The Application of the Torsion Balance in Geological Research
• The Gravity Compensator

• The Gravimeter
• Determination of the Gravitational Consant
• The Inertial and Gravitational Mess
• The Gravitational Absorption
• The Eötvös Effect
• Magnetic Measurements

• Most Important Publications

Eötvös the Organizer

• Fundation of Scientific Societies
• The Eötvös College
• International Relations
• The Loránd Eötvös Geophysical Institute of Hungary

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