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he was shortly qualified as an assistant professor (1882) and at the age of 33 he acquired a degree of associate professor (1887). Next year he was invited by the
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properties of air He was interested as well in electric phenomena in atmosphere. He ran investigation of atmosphere electricity in mountain environment.
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Jagiellonian University (originally – the physics department, in 2017 – the history department, located at ulica Gołębia (Dove Street) 13 in
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Expansion and Compressibility of Atmospheric Air),
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See: (in Polish) Posesorzy i czytelnicy książek naukowych z dziedziny fizyki (z badań proweniencyjnych księgozbioru
Biblioteki WFAIS),
323:(in French) Sur la dilatation et la compressibilité de l'air atmosphérique (On The Expansion and Compressibility of Atmospheric Air),
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region – see: (in Polish) Spostrzeżenia nad elektrycznością atmosferyczną w
Zakopanem (The Remarks on The Atmospheric Electricity in
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471:(in Polish) Elektryczność i magnetyzm (The Electricity and Magnetism), Kraków 1905, ed. "Kółko matematyczne" ("Mathematical Circle"),
309:(in Polish) Wiadomości początkowe z gieografii fizycznéj i meteorologii (Initial Information on Physical Geography and Meteorology),
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and (in French) Thermomètre électrique pour les basses températures (The
Electric Thermometer for Low Temperatures),
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