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physicist known for his maverick style and controversy. His fearless There was an error working with the wiki: Code[14]
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industrialist. Ehrenhaft earned his doctorate from the There was an error working with the wiki: Code[5]
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where he held again his old position until his death. A big part of his discoveries he worked out at this short time. He became increasingly certain that he had observed There was an error working with the wiki: Code[38]
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A final review of his life work can be found in the German scientific journal "Acta physica Austriaca" of 1952.
Ehrenhaft, Felix: "Photophoresis and the Influence upon it of Electric and Magnetic fields", Phil. mag. 11 (1931),140-146
Ehrenhaft, Felix: "Physical and Astronomical information Concerning Particles of the Order of Magnitude of the Wavelength of Light", Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol 230: 381-393 (Sept. 1940)
Ehrenhaft, Felix and Banet, Leo: "Is there a true magnetism or not" Phil. sci. 8 (1941), 458-462
Ehrenhaft, Felix: "Stationary Electric and Magnetic Fields in Beams of Light", Nature 147: 25 (Jan. 4, 1941).
Ehrenhaft, Felix: "Photophoresis and Its Interpretation by Electric and Magnetic Ions", Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol 233 (March 1942), pp. 235-255.
Ehrenhaft, Felix: "The Magnetic Current", Science 94: 232-233 (Sept 5, 1941).
Ehrenhaft, Felix and Banet, Leo: "The Magnetic Ion", Science 96: 228-229 (Sept. 4, 1942).
Ehrenhaft, Felix: "The Magnetic Current in Gases", Physical Review 61: 733 (1942).
Ehrenhaft, Felix: "Decomposition of Matter Through the Magnet (Magnetolysis)", Physical Review 63: 216 (1943).
Ehrenhaft, Felix: "Magnetolysis and the Electric Field Around the Magnetic Current", Physical Review 63: 461-462 (1943).
Ehrenhaft, Felix: "Further Facts Concerning the magnetic Current", Physical Review 64: 43 (1943).
Ehrenhaft, Felix: "New Experiments about the Magnetic Current", Physical Review 65: 62-63 (1944).
Ehrenhaft, Felix: "Continuation of Experiments with the Magnetic Current", Physical Review 65: 256 (1944).
Ehrenhaft, Felix: "The Decomposition of Water by the So-Called Permanent Magnet...", Physical Review 65: 287-289 (May 1944).
Ehrenhaft, Felix: "The Magnetic Current", Nature 154: 426-427 (Sept. 30, 1944)
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