| Heinrich Geißler | |
 Heinrich Geißler
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| Born | May 26, 1814 Igelshieb,(Neuhaus am Rennweg) Thuringia, Saxe-Meiningen |
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| Died | January 24, 1879 |
| Nationality | German |
| Fields | physics |
| Known for | Geissler tubes |
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Geißler (May 26, 1814 - January 24, 1879) was a German physicist and inventor of the Geissler tube, a low pressure gas-discharge tube made of glass. He worked in his parent's business and worked later in different German universities.
References and articles
- Publications
- Miller, H. A. (1945). Luminous tube lighting, dealing with the principles of the luminous tube, with a summary of the materials and equipment involved, and technical data concerning discharge-tube light sources. London: G. Newnes.
- Kassabian, M. K. (1910). Roentgen rays and electro-therapeutics: with chapters on radium and phototherapy. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company.
- Davis, H. B. O. (1981). Electrical and electronic technologies: a chronology of events and inventors to 1900. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press.
- Phillips, C. E. S. (1897). Bibliography of X-ray literature and research, 1896-1897: being a ready reference index to the literature on the subject of roentgen or X-rays. London: The Electrician Print. and Pub. Co.
- General information
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