August Toepler

August Toepler
August Toepler's grave at Johannisfriedhof
Born
August Joseph Ignaz Toepler

(1836-09-07)7 September 1836
Died6 March 1912(1912-03-06) (aged 75)
Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Alma materUniversity of Jena
OccupationPhysicist
Known forToepler pump
Toepler–Holtz machine
Schlieren photography
Scientific career
FieldsElectrostatics
InstitutionsDresden University of Technology
Riga Technical University
University of Graz
Toepler electrostatic generator.
Toepler mercury air pump.

August Joseph Ignaz Toepler (7 September 1836 – 6 March 1912) was a German chemist and physicist known for his experiments in electrostatics.