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Wilhelm Nusselt

1882 - 1957

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Ernst Kraft Wilhelm Nußelt (Nusselt in English; November 25, 1882, in Nuremberg – September 1, 1957, in Munich) was a German engineer. Nusselt studied mechanical engineering at Technische Universität München, where he got his doctorate in 1907. He taught in Dresden from 1913 to 1917. During this teaching tenure he developed the dimensional analysis of heat transfer, without any knowledge of the Buckingham π theorem or any other developments of Lord Rayleigh. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Nusselt is the 288th most popular engineer (down from 249th in 2019), the 4,667th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,112th in 2019) and the 35th most popular German Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Wilhelm Nusselt ranks 288 out of 389. Before him are Oskar von Miller, Pierre-François Bouchard, Eugene Polley, Friedrich L. Bauer, Charles Joseph Minard, and Christopher Cockerell. After him are Fulgence Bienvenüe, Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, William Froude, Hideo Itokawa, Burt Rutan, and Viktor Kozin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Wilhelm Nusselt ranks 220. Before him are Leonard Nelson, Charles Mayer, Mykolas Biržiška, Manuel Goded Llopis, Robert Curry, and Harry Liedtke. After him are Tadas Ivanauskas, Karel Domin, Edmund Dulac, Ernestas Galvanauskas, Harry Porter, and Adrianus de Jong. Among people deceased in 1957, Wilhelm Nusselt ranks 178. Before him are Piero Carini, Hjalmar Johansson, József Rády, John Sealy Townsend, Ronald Knox, and Guillermo Saavedra. After him are Reginald Aldworth Daly, Dennis Brain, P. C. Chang, Zenón Noriega Agüero, José Patricio Guggiari, and Gaston Aumoitte.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Nusselt ranks 4,670 out of 7,253. Before him are Lutz D. Schmadel (1942), Emmanuel Scheffer (1924), Georg Stollenwerk (1930), Ossi Oswalda (1897), Georg Calixtus (1586), and Christopher Cockerell (1910). After him are Norbert Eder (1955), Vladimir Lossky (1903), Otto Winzer (1902), Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1790), Heinrich Gerber (1832), and Haim Katz (1947).

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Among ENGINEERS In Germany

Among engineers born in Germany, Wilhelm Nusselt ranks 35. Before him are Ferdinand Mannlicher (1848), Paul Mauser (1838), Gerhard Fieseler (1896), Oskar von Miller (1855), Friedrich L. Bauer (1924), and Christopher Cockerell (1910). After him are Peter Schreyer (1953), Mario Theissen (1952), Julius Kühn (1825), Willy Rampf (1953), Willy Ley (1906), and Matthias Ettrich (1972).

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