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Samuel Hunter Christie ( Londres, 1784 - 1865) matemático, físico y astrónomo británico . Biografía. Hijo de James Christie, el fundador de la casa de subastas de arte Christie's. Cursó estudios de matemáticas en el Trinity College de Cambridge destacando asimismo durante sus estudios como deportista.
Samuel Hunter Christie FRS (22 March 1784 – 24 January 1865) was a British physicist and mathematician . Life. He studied mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge, [1] where he won the Smith's Prize and was second wrangler.
Referee's report by Samuel Hunter Christie, on a paper 'On certain irregularities in the magnetic needle, produced by partial warmth, and the relations which appear to subsist between terrestrial magnetism and the geological structure and thermo-electrical currents of the earth' by Robert Were Fox.
A scientist and mathematician, Samuel Hunter Christie, developed the circuit to measure unknown electrical resistances and first described it in 1833. The bridge worked because of the special diamond-shaped arrangement of the four resistors.
Samuel Christie is Notable. Samuel Hunter Christie FRS was a British scientist, physicist and mathematician. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and in 1833 he published his 'diamond' method, the forerunner of the Wheatstone bridge but the method went unrecognised until 1843, when Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875) proposed it in another paper.
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- March 22, 1784
- Margaret Ellen (Mahony) Christie
- January 24, 1865
Samuel Hunter Christie 1784 - 1865. Samuel Hunter Christie. occupation: Experimental philosopher, Scientific administrator. Nationality: British; English. born in: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom.
Christie, Samuel Hunter. ( b. London, England, 22 March 1784; d. Twickenham, London, 24 January 1865), magnetism. Christie was the only son of James Christie, founder of the well-known auction galleries, and his second wife, formerly Mrs. Urquhart.
