Eric Edlund
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Eric Edlund (* swedish Närke Province March 14, 1819 † Stockholm, August 19, 1888) investigated fluid motion, polarization of light during a total eclipse, and thermal phenomena accompanying changes in volume of solids. He studied electricity, describing a method of simultaneously transmitting messages in opposite directions along the same telegraph wire. He investigated the heat given off by induction currents. He studied electromotive forces generated when two different metals are put in contact. He investigated the resistance of arc lamps. He developed a theory of atmospheric electricity to explain the phenomenon of the northern lights.
He obtained his PhD in physics in 1845 at Uppsala University under Svanberg. Edlund then worked under Weber in Leipzig for two years after obtaining his PhD.
Edlund is notable as the doctoral advisor of Svante Arrhenius.
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- La Lumière Électrique 1888, 29, 632-633.
- Leopoldina 1888, 24, 169-170.
- Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon; Albert Bonniers: 1918-1985; vol. 12, p161-166.
- Humboldt Monatsschr. Gesamt. Naturwiss. 1888, 7, 403.
- Stockh. Vet. Akad. Lefnadsteckn. 1886-94, 5, 281-305.
- Helsingfors. Öfvers. 1889, 31, 247-264.
