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n. - German physiologist and physicist (1821-1894).

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  • The three researchers altered the direction of the magnetic field from north to east for half of the bats during sunset with the help of a device called a Helmholtz coil.
  • Mayer's spiritual kin are not to be found among the heat-theorists of his time, such as Helmholtz and others, but among thinkers of the stamp of Goethe, Howard and Ruskin.
  • The one that "sings back to you" is the main air resonance, commonly called the "Helmholtz" resonance.
  • Helmholtz thinks the confirmation of Kant goes further.
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