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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1661
- Died
- 1751
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Commercie-rådet Christopher Polhems twenne betänkande
- Kort berättelse om de förnämsta mechaniska inventioner som tid efter annan af ... Christopher Polhem blifwit påfundne och til publici goda nytta och tienst inrättade, sampt om det öde, som en del af dem hafft genom tidernas oblida förändringar
- Åtskillige allmänne hushålds förslag ...
- Inledning til mecaniken och bygnings-konsten
- Dædalus Hyperboreus. Eller några nya mathematiska och physicaliska fo̊rso̊k och anmerckningar fo̊r åhr 1716[-1717]
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1983-11-17
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
· 2019 · cited 23,882x
- The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
· 2016 · cited 22,931x
- A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate
· 2009 · cited 22,298x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,048x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,519x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1661-12-18 ) 18 December 1661, Tingstäde , Gotland , Sweden
- Died
- 30 August 1751 (1751-08-30) (aged 89), Stockholm , Sweden
- Alma mater
- Uppsala University , University of Harderwijk
- Known for
- Göta Canal , Various inventions
- Awards
- Order of the Polar Star , Head of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences . Ennobled in 1716
- Fields
- Physics , mechanics
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Christopher Polhem, 1661-1751 (David von Krafft) - Nationalmuseum - 15685.tif
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- date of birth
- 1661-12-18
- date of death
- 1751-08-30
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- Petrovo Selo
- birth name
- Christopher Polhammar
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Statue of Christopher Polhem by Ivar Johnsson in Gothenburg (granite.1952)
Christopher Polhammar (18 December 1661 – 30 August 1751) better known as Christopher Polhem (listen), which he took after his ennoblement in 1716, was a Swedish scientist, inventor, and industrialist. He made significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining. He was ennobled by King Charles XII of Sweden for his contributions to Swedish technological development.