Nernst

[ nairnst, nurnst; German nernst ]

/ nɛərnst, nɜrnst; German nɛrnst /

Wal·ther Her·man

[vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/,1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.

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Nernst in his definition substitutes "unit difference of osmotic pressure" for "unit difference of concentration."

The Mechanism of Life |Stphane Leduc
The Nernst lamp, therefore (fig. 17), consists of a slender rod of the mixed oxides attached to platinum wires by an oxide paste.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6 |Various
He has trained in his laboratory Arrhenius, Nernst, and many others of almost equal eminence.

Major Prophets of To-Day |Edwin E. Slosson
A transverse difference of electric potential (Nernst effect).

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 3 |Various

Another type of filament lamp was developed by Nernst in 1897.

Artificial Light |M. Luckiesh

Nernst

/ (German nɛrnst) /

Walther Hermann (ˈvaltər ˈhɛrman). 1864–1941, German physical chemist who formulated the third law of thermodynamics: Nobel prize for chemistry 1920