Christian Samuel Weiss

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Christian Samuel Weiss

Christian Samuel Weiss (February 26, 1780 – October 1, 1856) was a German mineralogist born in Leipzig.

After graduation he was a physics instructor in Leipzig from 1803 until 1808. In 1810 he became a professor of mineralogy at the University of Berlin. He died near Eger in Bohemia.

Weiss is credited for creating parameters of modern crystallography, and was instrumental in making it a branch of mathematical science. He stressed the significance of direction in crystals, considering crystallographic axes to be a possible basis for classification of crystals. He is credited for introducing the categorization schema of crystal systems, and has a basic law of crystallography named after him called the "Weiss zone law".

References

  • Parts of this article are based on a translation of the equivalent article from the German Wikipedia.
  • Historical atlas of crystallography by José Lima-de-Faria, Martin Julian Buerger

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