Significance of the Scientific Research of Nicolae Vasilescu Karpen (1870-1964)

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CONTENTS

Preface 5
Introduction 13

1. BIOGRAPHICAL SURVEY 15
1.1. Biographical Data 15
1.2. Teaching Activity 17
1.3. Scientific Activity 18

2. CONTRIBUTION REFERRING TO THE MAGNETIC EFFECT OF ELECTRIFIED BODIES IN MOTION 19
2.1. Opportunity of the Study 19
2.2. The Principle of the Experimental Method 21
2.3. Description of the Experimental Device 22
2.4. Computational Relations 29
2.5. The Torque Acting on the Disc 30
2.6. The Study of the Electromagnetic Experimental Device Utilizing the Actual Methods 31
2.7. Conclusion 36

3. CONTRIBUTION TO ELECTROCHEMISTRY AND ELECTRIC CELLS 37
3.1. Scientific Activity in Electrochemistry 37
3.2. The Hypothesis Apoted in the Study of Electric Cells 38
3.3. The Phenomenon of Compensated Diffusion 40
3.4. The Deriving of the Formula of the Electromotive Force an Electric Cell by Using the Kinetic Electronic Theory 41
3.5. The Transformation of Energy in the Phenomenom of Compensated Diffusion 44
3.6. The Relation between the Expression of the Electromotive Force Deduced from the Kinetic Electronic Theory and from Thermodynamics 46
3.7. Explanation of the Operation of the Lead Electric Accumulators, by the Kinetic Electronic Theory 48
3.8. Cells with Unalterable Electrodes 49
3.9. The Combustion Cell with Dissolved Liquid Fuel 52
3.10. Principles of the Theory of Operation of the Cells Developed by N. Vasilescu Karpen, and the Subsequent Theories 53
3.11. Conclusion 61
3.12. Appendix 63

4. DIFFERENT FIELDS OF RESEARCH 67
4.1. Kinetic Theory of Sets of Particles 67
4.2. Electrical Machines 74

BIBLIOGRAPHY 75