Mayer, Julius Robert von, 1814-1878.
Robert Mayer Archive, ca. 1810-present.
Private and scientific correspondence, diaries, lecture notes, manuscripts, family records (baptism certificate, other certificates, matrimonial papers, bills of sale), decorations, objects (2 experimental machines, death mask), articles about Robert Mayer (often copies). Municipal documents about R. Mayer and the care of his memorials (Monument, Robert-Mayer-).
Physician and physicist. Mayer traveled to East India as a ship's physician doing bloodletting observations on human blood, this experience led him to a recognition of the equivalence of work and heat. In 1842 for the first time he published his reflections/considerations. After long priority battles he was recognized as the discoverer of law of 'conservation of energy'.
Mayer, Robert, 1814-1878 -- Awards.
Mayer, Robert, 1814-1878 -- Momuments.
Medical physics.
Articles. aat
Certificates. aat
Diaries lcgft
Lecture notes. aat
Machinery -- Curious devices. lcsh
Physicians. lcsh
Physicists. lcsh
Mayer family.
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Stadtarchiv Heilbronn. (Postfach 3140), Eichgasse 1 (Deutschhof), 74072 Heilbronn/Neckar