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    Johann Wilhelm Ritter (16 December 1776 – 23 January 1810) was a German chemist, physicist and philosopher. He was born in Samitz (Zamienice) near Haynau...
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    German physicist Johann Wilhelm Ritter discovered ultraviolet in an experiment similar to Herschel's, using sunlight and a glass prism. Ritter noted that invisible...
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  • legislator from Pennsylvania John Ritter (racing driver) (1910–1948), American racing driver Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776–1810), German chemist, physicist...
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    all. Davidson, Michael W. "Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776–1810)". The Florida State University. Retrieved 5 March 2013. Ritter [...] hypothesized that there...
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    continent, including in Berlin and Paris. In Germany, Ørsted met Johann Wilhelm Ritter, a physicist who believed there was a connection between electricity...
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    characterized by William Herschel (infrared) and Johann Wilhelm Ritter (ultraviolet), Thomas Young, Thomas Johann Seebeck, and others. Young was the first to...
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    Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer (German: [ˈaːdɔlf fɔn ˈbaɪɐ] ; 31 October 1835 – 20 August 1917) was a German chemist who synthesised indigo...
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    experience would influence Ritter throughout his life, as he retained an interest in new educational modes, including those of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. Indeed...
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  • Georg Wilhelm Richmann Achim Richter Klaus Riedle Charlotte Riefenstahl Peter Theophil Riess Karl-Heinrich Riewe Johann Wilhelm Ritter Oskar Ritter Walter...
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    William Nicholson and Johann Wilhelm Ritter succeeded in decomposing water into hydrogen and oxygen by electrolysis. Soon thereafter Ritter discovered the process...
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