Carl Hering

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Carl Hering
BornMarch 19, 1860 (1860-03-19)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedMay 10, 1926(1926-05-10) (aged 66)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania, U.S.;
Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
OccupationElectrical engineer

Carl Hering (Philadelphia, 19 March 1860 – 10 May 1926) was an American engineer involved in studies on electric batteries and electric furnaces.[1] He also made discoveries on electromagnetic force.[2][3]

Biography[edit]

He was one of the sons of Constantine Hering, pioneer of homeopathy in the United States.[4][5] He studied mechanical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he earned his Bachelor's degree in 1880 and then stayed on to teach mathematics and mechanical engineering. In 1883 he began his studies in electrical engineering as Erasmus Kittler's first assistant at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of TU Darmstadt, Germany, where the first chair of electrical engineering had been created the year before.[2]

Upon his return to Philadelphia in 1886, he founded a consulting firm which he continued until his death, specializing in work on electric furnaces[1] and electrolysis, electrochemical and electrophysical processes.[6] In 1887 he obtained his Master of Science also at the University of Philadelphia. In 1889 he participated in the World Exposition in Paris[7] on behalf of the American government and around 1890 he studied the possibility of making electric batteries, obtaining several patents on the subject.[2]

In 1902, together with E. F. Roeber, C. J. Reed, and J. W. Richards, he founded the American Electrochemical Society of which he was president from 1906 to 1907.[6] He was appointed officer of Public Education by the French government in 1889 and decorated a Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1891.[2]

In 1908 Carl Hering developed an experiment on electromagnetic induction to study its fundamental laws, an experiment similar to later Blondel's experiments.[8]

Honors and awards[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Rechcigl Jr., Miloslav (February 17, 2021). American Men and Women in Medicine, Applied Sciences and Engineering With Roots in Czechoslovakia: Practitioners - Educators - Specialists - Researchers. Bloomington (IN): AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1665514989.
  • "Carl Hering". ElectroChemicalSociety. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  • Hartmut Grabinski: Der Heringsche Versuch: Mythen und Fakten (1908). In: Electrical engineering 1997, Band 80, Nr. 5, S. 285–290, ISSN 0948-7921

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Hering, Carl (1912). "Discussion on "Thirty Years' Progress in the Electric Furnace" (FitzGerald), Boston, Mass., June 25, 1912". Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. XXXI (1): 1188–1190. doi:10.1109/T-AIEE.1912.4768472. ISSN 2330-9431. S2CID 51649546.
  2. ^ a b c d "Carl Hering". ElectroChemicalSociety. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  3. ^ "Carl Hering's Publications". ieeexplore.ieee.org. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  4. ^ "Carl Hering, 1860 - 1926". www.myheritage.com. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  5. ^ Hering, Carl (1919). Chronology of events concerning the life of Constantine Hering of Philadelphia, Pa., the father of homoeopathy in America. n.p.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ a b Rechcigl Jr., Miloslav (February 17, 2021). American Men and Women in Medicine, Applied Sciences and Engineering With Roots in Czechoslovakia: Practitioners - Educators - Specialists - Researchers. Bloomington (IN): AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1665514989.
  7. ^ Hering, Carl (2015) [1889]. Electricity at the Paris Exposition of 1889. London: Andesite Press. ISBN 9781296695194.
  8. ^ Carl Hering (1908). "An Imperfection in the Usual Statement of the Fundamental Law of Electromagnetic Induction". Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. 60 (946): 1341–1351. doi:10.1109/T-AIEE.1908.4768122. S2CID 51645558.
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