Constantin Miculescu

Constantin Miculescu (6 September 1863 29 December 1937) was a Romanian physicist.

A professor at the University of Bucharest, his research focused on heat, optics and acoustics. Miculescu is noted for his 1891 determination, with great precision, of the mechanical equivalent of the calorie using water circulated in a calorimeter.[1]

Notes

  1. Gheorghe Brătescu, Personalități ale științei: mic dicționar, p. 202. Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică, 1977
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