Einthoven

American  

[ahynt-hoh-vuhn] / ˈaɪntˌhoʊ vən /

noun

1. Willem 1860–1927, Dutch physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1924.

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Einthoven British  

/ ˈɛɪnthoːvə /

noun

1. Willem. 1860–1927, Dutch physiologist. A pioneer of electrocardiography, he was awarded the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1924

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Einthoven

Willem Einthoven, 67, famed professor of heart diseases, winner of the 1924 Nobel prize for medicine; in Amsterdam, Holland.

From Time Magazine Archive

To Dr. Willcm Einthoven, physiological researcher of Leyden University, Holland, went the Nobel Prize for outstanding achievement in Medicine and Physics during 1924.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Einthoven string galvanometer is another form of sensitive instrument for the measurement of small direct currents.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

Professor Korn uses a form of the Einthoven galvanometer already described.

From Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science by Thomas W. Corbin

This, at the remote end, operates the Einthoven galvanometer, the movements of which vary the shade of the spiral line being drawn upon the photographic paper.

From Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science by Thomas W. Corbin

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