title: [The physicist Félix Savart (1791-1841). Physician/Surgeon, pioneer in the study of acoustics].
abstract: Félix Savart (1791-1841) was both a physician and a physicist, and also a pioneer of acoustics and psycho-acoustics. In 1819 Savart scientifically devised and contructed a trapezoidal violin with the advice of Paris string-instrument maker J-B Vuillaume. This violin drew the attention of J-B Biot who suggested young Savart to work with him on such acoustic researches. From this collaboration proceeded the so-called "law of Biot-Savart" about magnetic power which was in fact formulated by Pierre Simon de Laplace (1749-1827). Savart worked on numerous and diversified acoustic researches. Lord John Rayleigh described them as "beautiful experiments", and he became a foreign correspondant member of the Royal Society in 1839.
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ségal
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics; D005602:France; D049672:History, 19th Century; D009146:Music / Q000266:history; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history; D010825:Physics / Q000266:history*