Riess spiral
Riess spirals, or Knochenhauer spirals, are a pair of spirally wound conductors with metal balls at their ends. Placing one above the other forms an induction coil. Heinrich Hertz used them in his discovery of radio waves.[1] They are named for German physicist Peter Theophil Riess.
References
- ↑ The Creation of Scientific Effects: Heinrich Hertz and Electric Waves, 1994, Jed Z. Buchwald; Ch 14: A Novel Device, pg 219.
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