Karl Ferdinand's Death
Born (Birthday) June 6, 1850
Death Date April 20, 1918
Age of Death 67 years
Cause of Death N/A
Profession Entrepreneur
The entrepreneur Karl Ferdinand died at the age of 67. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
German physicist who invented the cathode ray tube and contributed to wireless communication technology.
He came from a family of modest means and took up teaching on his father’s advice because it was a reliable profession.
Quotes
"Elementary considerations led me to the conclusion that a medium, composed of layers of different dielectric constants, must behave as a uniaxial crystal if it is assumed that the layer thicknesses are only a fraction of a wave-length.
"In the summer of 1902, I was able to erect two experimental stations on two forts at Strasbourg for the purpose of closer study.
"Considering the greater amounts of energy which can be collected and stored in suitable experimental form in capacitors, one could expect to deliver radiated energy for some time from them.