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Christian August Hausen




  Birth Place Dresden , Electorate Of Saxony
  Death Date 1743
  Death Place Leipzig
  Field Mathematics <br> Physics
  Nationality German
  Residence Electorate Of Saxony
  Work Institution University Of Leipzig
  Alma Mater University Of Wittenberg
  Doctoral Advisor Johann Christoph Wichmannshausen
  Doctoral Students Abraham Gotthelf Kästner


Christian August Hausen (born June 19 , 1693 in Dresden , Germany ; died 1743 in Leipzig , Germany ) was a German Mathematician who is known for his research on electricity.

Hausen studied mathematics at the University Of Wittenberg and received his master's degree in 1712 . He became an extraordinary professor of mathematics at the University Of Leipzig at the age of 21 and later ( 1726 ) became an ordinary professor.pp. 94–95, Biographies of contributors to the early investigation of electrical phenomena , Reimund Gerhard-Multhaupt, ''IEEE Transactions on Electrical Insulation'' 26 (February 1991), #1, pp. 85–130.

Hausen also researched . It consisted of a glass globe rotated by a cord and a large wheel. An assistant rubbed the globe with his hand to produce Static Electricity . Hausen's book describes his generator and sets forth a theory of electricity in which electrification is a consequence of the production of Vortices in a universal electrical fluid.pp. 270–272, ''Electricity in the 17th and 18th centuries: a study of early modern physics'', J. L. Heilbron, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979. ISBN 0-520-03478-3.

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