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Birth
Philosopher and physicist, Ernst Mach, was born on February 18, 1838. He was born in Churlitz, Austrian Empire (now known Brno-Chrlice, Czech Republic). -
Mach Bands
Mach Bands is an optical illusion that affects our eyes Ernst Mach discovered. This has an impact on everyday life because it can alter our eye's version of reality. Mach bands are where the edges of a band seem lighter or darker than they are, due to our eye's perception of it, creating a false silhouette. TimeToast -
Discovery of Balance
Ernst Mach and Josef Breuer discovered the inner ear was responsible for balance. Ernst Mach conducted experiments on himself while Josef Breuer experimented on deaf people. They both came to the conclusion that the inner ear contains hair-like sensors and fluid that recognized the position of your head. This resulted in the discovery that the inner ear correlates to motion and balance. -
Supersonic Shockwaves
Mach published a paper in 1887 which revealed a bullet and a shockwave. In the image, he described how the bullet breaks the sound barrier, hence, going faster than the speed of sound. The shadow graph revealed the bullet breaking the shockwave. Pojman, Paul. “Ernst Mach.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 3 Mar. 2019, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ernst-mach/. -
Ernst Mach's Death
Ernst Mach died on February 19, 1916, a day after his 78th birthday. He was a great contributor to the understanding of inertia, balance, and optical illusions which affect us today. To the present, Mach is a common term used to compare the speed of sound to a medium and is named after Ernst Mach. This became a term 13 years after his death. “Mach's Principle.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/science/Machs-principle.