Pieter Rijke
Dutch physicist
Died when: 86 years 270 days (1040 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Petrus Leonardus Rijke (11 July 1812 – 7 April 1899) was a Dutch physicist, and a professor in experimental physics at the University of Leiden.
Rijke spent his scientific career exploring the physics of electricity, and is known for the Rijke tube.On 1 July 1852 he married Johanna Hamaker.
They had 6 sons and 6 daughters.
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