C. K. (Károly) Akin
1830–93
Hungarian physicist, writer on physics and chemistry. Worked with the deputy professor of experimental philosophy at Oxford University on "calcescence", 1862–3; involved in a priority dispute with John Tyndall. Corresponding member of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1868.
Sources
Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
Philosophical Magazine 4th ser. 29 (1865): 28–55, 136–51, 218–31.
Bibliography
Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon. Edited by Ágnes Kenyeres. 3 vols. and supplement. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó. 1967–94.
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