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  1. 1857-1894. German physicist who studied
  2. electromagnetic waves, showing that their
  3. behaviour resembles that of light and heat
  4. waves. He confirmed Maxwell's theory of
  5. electromagnetic waves. The unit of frequency,
  6. the hertz, is named after him.
  7.