German Inventions - Science

Science

  • Bark scale by Eberhard Zwicker in 1961. It is named after Heinrich Barkhausen.
  • Bergius process by Friedrich Bergius in 1913.
  • Richter magnitude scale by Beno Gutenberg (together with Charles Francis Richter)
  • Fahrenheit, temperature scale by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit

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