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Wilhelm Eduard Weber
1891Jun, 23

Wilhelm Eduard Weber

Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (b. 1804)
Wilhelm Eduard Weber (; German: [ˈveːbɐ]; 24 October 1804 – 23 June 1891) was a German physicist and, together with Carl Friedrich Gauss, inventor of the first electromagnetic telegraph.

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