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Ernst Mach was born
Born Ernst Waldfried Josef Wenzel Mach February 18, 1838, in Chirlitz-Turas, Moravia, Austrian Empire. Mother Josefa Lanhausova, and Father Jan Nepomuk Mach. -
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Ernst Mach Time Line
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Schooling
Ernst was homeschool till the age of 14 when he attended Gymnasium high school for 3 years. Entered the University of Vienna at the age of 17 in 1855. -
Doctorate
Ernst received his doctorate in physics in 1860 and started teaching mechanics and physics in Vienna until 1864. -
Professor
Ernst Mach became a professor of mathematics at the University of Graz. He considered himself a physicist, while he discovered the physiological phenomenon called Mach bands. -
New Endeavours
In 1867 Ernst decided to leave Graz to become a professor of experimental physics at Charles University where he stayed for the next 28 years. -
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Discoveries
Between the times of 1873 and 1893 Ernst did a lot of studying and experimenting, devoloping optical and photographic techniques for the measurment of sound waves and wave propogation.
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Mach number
In 1887 Ernst established the principles of supersonics and the Mach number, which is the ratio of the velocity of an object to the velocity of sound.
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Later life
Ernst returned to the University of Vienna as a professor of inductive philosofy, suffered a stroke 2 years later and retired from research in 1901. -
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Writing
Mach Ernst published Erkenntnis Irrtum("Knoweledge and Error") in 1905 and an autobioography in 1910 -
Passing
Mach continued writing until his death on Febuary 19, 1916.
