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Definition of Nernst
1. Noun. German physicist and chemist who formulated the third law of thermodynamics (1864-1941).
Definition of Nernst
1. Noun. Used attributively to designate theories or equipment devised by or arising from the work of Walther Hermann Nernst (1864-1941), German chemist. ¹
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Literary usage of Nernst
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of General Physiology by William Maddock Bayliss (1920)
"Nernst (1899), considering the reasons why Wy rapidly alternating currents ...
In fact, Nernst himself regards it only as * first approximation and suggests ..."
2. Harvard Psychological Studies by Harvard Psychological Laboratory (1913)
"Nernst lamp.—The Nernst lamp yields a light whose quality is excellent and whose
intensity, ... For qualitative experiments the Nernst glower is admirable, ..."
3. Practical Illumination by James Raley Cravath, Van Rensselaer Lansingh (1907)
"Nernst LAMPS AND THEIR GLOBES. Fig. 173 shows the mean distribution of light in
a vertical me about a three-glower, 220-volt, 264-watt Nernst lamp tted with ..."
4. Electricity in Every-day Life by Edwin James Houston (1905)
"CHAPTER XXV THE Nernst LAMP "On the other hand, an arc between tiny pencils of
the material used for Nernst glowers is reputed to give, so far as watts per ..."
5. Thermodynamics of Technical Gas-reactions: Seven Lectures by Fritz Haber (1908)
"In the course of his work Nernst defines another constant C — 2-302C = (/ + ZnR) .
... Nernst prefers this value to the value 4-5G used in this book. ..."
6. The Pittsburg Electrical Hand-book: Being a Guide for Visitors from Abroad by University Library System, Digital Research Library, University of Pittsburgh (1904)
"The Nernst lamp is the result of an invention of Dr. Walter Nernst, a German
physicist. This invention consists in using as a light-giving body a filament ..."
7. Electric Lamps by Maurice Solomon (1908)
"W. Nernst in 1897 and 1898, and the lamp was first introduced into this country in
... The Nernst lamp, as it was at that date, was only a very crude lamp, ..."
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