Johann Salomo Christoph Schweigger (1779-1857) was a German chemist and physicist. In 1820, shortly after Hans Christian Orsted's discovery that an electric current deflects a compass needle, Schweigger built the earliest galvanometer at the University of Halle, winding the current-carrying wire in coils around the needle to amplify the deflection.
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was a German chemist, physicist, and professor of mathematics born in Erlangen.
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The earliest galvanometer was reported by Johann Schweigger at the University of Halle on 16 September 1820.
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