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    Emil Johann Wiechert (26 December 1861 – 19 March 1928) was a German physicist and geophysicist who made many contributions to both fields, including presenting...
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    developed in part by Alfred-Marie Liénard in 1898 and independently by Emil Wiechert in 1900. The retarded time is defined, in the context of distributions...
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  • Wiechert is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Emil Wiechert (1861–1928), German physicist and geophysicist Ernst Wiechert (1887–1950)...
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    Ernst Wiechert (18 May 1887 – 24 August 1950) was a German teacher, poet and writer. Wiechert was born in the village of Kleinort, East Prussia, (now...
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    in physics from the University of Göttingen in 1911. His advisor was Emil Wiechert. During World War I, Gutenberg served in the German Army as a meteorologist...
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    under Carl Charlier then at the University of Göttingen under with Emil Wiechert. In 1927, Orlov was elected a corresponding member of the Academy of...
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  • Wiechert is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southern region of the Moon's far side. It lies to the southeast of the huge walled plain Schrödinger...
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    founded in Leipzig in 1922 on the initiative of seismology professor Emil Wiechert, initially under the name German Seismological Society. It was renamed...
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    classes with mathematicians Adolf Hurwitz and David Hilbert and physicist Emil Wiechert. His participation in the student fraternity Deutsche Burschenschaft...
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    signal (an earthquake in Japan recorded at Pottsdam Germany). In 1897, Emil Wiechert's theoretical calculations led him to conclude that the Earth's interior...
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