Radó von Kövesligethy [SEP] place of birth
Radó von Kövesligethy
Radó von Kövesligethy (in Hungarian usage, Kövesligethy Radó) (Verona, Austria, Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1 September 1862 – Budapest, Hungary 11 October 1934), was a Hungarian physicist, astronomer and geophysicist. The first successful spectral equation of black body radiation was the theory of the continuous spectra of celestial bodies by Rado von Kövesligethy, published 15 years before Planck, in 1885 in Hungarian and in 1890 in German. He derived a spectral equation with the following properties: the spectral distribution of
his balance:
One of Eötvös' assistants who later became a noted scientist was Radó von Kövesligethy.
Honors.
To honor Eötvös a postage stamp was issued by Hungary on 1 July 1932.
Another postage stamp was issued on 27 July 1948 to commemorate the centenary of the birth of the physicist.
Hungary issued a postage stamp on 31 January 1991.
See also.
- eotvos, a unit of gravitational gradient
- Eötvös effect, a concept in geodesy
- Eötvös number, a concept