H. G. Magnus

References

H. G. Magnus

German physicist and chemist

Written by

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Learn about this topic in these articles:

Magnus effect
…the German physicist and chemist H.G. Magnus, who first (1853) experimentally investigated the effect, it is responsible for the “curve” of a served tennis ball or a driven golf ball and affects the trajectory of a spinning artillery shell.
Read More
…the German physicist and chemist H.G. Magnus, who first (1853) experimentally investigated the effect, it is responsible for the “curve” of a served tennis ball or a driven golf ball and affects the trajectory of a spinning artillery shell.
Read More