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