Seebeck, Thomas
Thomas Seebeck was a German physicist who discovered in 1821 that if two different metals kept at different temperatures were joined, a current would flow. This demonstrated that heat could be converted to electricity (now known as the Seebeck effect in his honor). This formed the basis for the subsequent development of the thermocouple, an electric temperature-measuring device.
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- Cleveland, Cutler (Lead Author); Peter Saundry (Topic Editor). 2007. "Seebeck, Thomas." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [Published in the Encyclopedia of Earth March 17, 2007; Retrieved June 29, 2009]. <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Seebeck,_Thomas>
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