Constantin Miculescu (6 September 1863 – 29 December 1937) was a Romanian physicist.[1]

A professor at the University of Bucharest, his research focused on heat, optics and acoustics. Miculescu is noted for his 1891 determination, with great precision, of the mechanical equivalent of the calorie using water circulated in a calorimeter.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ www.dmg-lib.org https://www.dmg-lib.org/dmglib/main/biogrViewer_content.jsp?id=14227004&skipSearchBar=1. Retrieved 2020-09-17. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ Gheorghe Brătescu, Personalități ale științei: mic dicționar, p. 202. Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică, 1977


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