Christian August Hausen (1693–1743) was a German mathematician who is known for his research on electricity.

Hausen studied mathematics at the University of Wittenberg and received his master’s degree in 1712. He became an extraordinary professor of mathematics at the University of Leipzig at the age of 21 and later (1726) became an ordinary professor.

Hausen also researched electrical phenomena, using a triboelectric generator. In the introduction to his book on this subject, Novi profectus in historia electricitatis, published posthumously, Hausen states that he started these experiments shortly before his death. Hausen’s generator was similar to earlier generators, such as that of Francis Hauksbee. It consisted of a glass globe rotated by a cord and a large wheel. An assistant rubbed the globe with his hand to produce static electricity. Hausen’s book describes his generator and sets forth a theory of electricity in which electrification is a consequence of the production of vortices in a universal electrical fluid.

There is a crater on the moon named after Dr. Hausen, which is a large lunar impact crater that lies along the south-southwestern limb. The visibility of this crater is significantly affected by libration effects, although even under the best of conditions it is viewed nearly from on edge. It lies along the western edge of the immense walled plain Bailly. A crater is a circular depression likely created by an impact event. On the Moon they are named after deceased scientists, polar explorers, astronauts or cosmonauts.

 

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_August_Hausen

[2] https://wenamethestars.inkleby.com/feature/2388

[3] https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/801398-drygalski-hausen-and-the-southwestern-limb/