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Edwin Hall discovers the Hall effect at Johns Hopkins

When
1879
Where
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Episodes
1

Edwin Hall discovered the Hall effect in 1879 while pursuing his doctoral degree at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. His work involved studying the electromagnetic theory of James Clerk Maxwell, providing a critical confirmation of that theory. The effect involves a transverse potential difference in a conductor.

Episodes

  1. 1879 · Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MarylandDiscovery of the Hall Effect

    Edwin Hall discovered the Hall effect in 1879 at Johns Hopkins University, confirming Maxwell's electromagnetic theory.

Background and detail

Background. The Hall effect is defined as the production of a potential difference across an electrical conductor, transverse to an electric current and an applied magnetic field. Edwin Hall discovered this phenomenon in 1879 during his doctoral studies at Johns Hopkins University. His research focused on the electromagnetic theory of James Clerk Maxwell, which the discovery critically confirmed.

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  1. Hall effect Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-12

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