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Loránd Eötvös

Loránd Eötvös
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Baron Loránd Eötvös de Vásárosnamény, also called Baron Roland von Eötvös in English literature, was a Hungarian physicist and politician. He is remembered today largely for his work on gravitation and surface tension, and the invention of the torsion pendulum.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Benjamin BaillaudFebruary 14, 1848 – July 1934
  2. Elia MillosevichSeptember 5, 1848 – December 5, 1919
  3. Henry Augustus RowlandNovember 27, 1848 – April 16, 1901
  4. James Whitbread Lee GlaisherNovember 5, 1848 – December 7, 1928
  5. Loránd Eötvös (this page)July 27, 1848 – April 8, 1919
  6. Margaret Lindsay HugginsAugust 14, 1848 – March 24, 1915

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