Ernst Chladni

a German physicist and musician, sometimes labeled as the father of acoustics
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Born
30 November 1756 Wittenberg, Saxony (now Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
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Died
3 April 1827 (aged 70) Breslau, Prussia, German Confederation (now Wroclaw, Poland)
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Nationality
German
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Known for
Study of acoustics Chladni plates and figures Estimating the speed of sound Chladni's law Theory of meteorites ' origins
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Fields
Physics
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Germany
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era
1600-1800

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