Peltier
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Peltier is a French surname and may refer to:
- Jean Charles Athanase PeltierJean Charles Athanase PeltierJean Charles Athanase Peltier ]] – October 27, 1845, in Paris) was a French physicist.He discovered the calorific effect of electric current passing through the junction of two different metals...
(1785-1845), French physicist, documented the Peltier effect - Lee PeltierLee PeltierLee Anthony Peltier is an English footballer, currently playing for Leicester City, having started his career with Liverpool...
(born 1986), English football player - Leonard PeltierLeonard PeltierLeonard Peltier is a Native American activist and member of the American Indian Movement . In 1977 he was convicted and sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment for first degree murder in the shooting of two Federal Bureau of Investigation agents during a 1975 conflict on the Pine...
(born 1944), Native American activist who was convicted of the murder of two FBI Agents - Leslie PeltierLeslie PeltierLeslie Copus Peltier was an American astronomer.He was born in Delphos, Ohio. An amateur astronomer, he was a prolific discoverer of comets and also a persistent observer of variable stars and member of the AAVSO...
(1900-1980), American astronomer - Thérèse PeltierThérèse PeltierThérèse Peltier was a French sculptress and aviator. Popularly believed to have been the first ever woman passenger in an airplane she should perhaps instead be recognised as the first woman to pilot a heavier-than-air craft...
(1873-1926), French sculptress and aviator - William Richard PeltierWilliam Richard PeltierWilliam Richard Peltier, Ph.D., D.Sc. , is a university professor of physics at the University of Toronto. He is director of the Centre for Global Change Science and principal investigator of the Polar Climate Stability Network...
(born 1943), University of Toronto professor and physicist
See also
- PelletierPelletierPelletier is the name of several people.*Annie Pelletier, Canadian diver*Benoît Pelletier, Quebec Liberal Party minister and MNA in the National Assembly*Bruno Pelletier, Canadian musician*David Pelletier, Canadian figure skater...
- Thermoelectric effectThermoelectric effectThe thermoelectric effect is the direct conversion of temperature differences to electric voltage and vice-versa. A thermoelectric device creates a voltage when there is a different temperature on each side. Conversely, when a voltage is applied to it, it creates a temperature difference...
for the Peltier effect used in thermoelectric coolingThermoelectric coolingThermoelectric cooling uses the Peltier effect to create a heat flux between the junction of two different types of materials. A Peltier cooler, heater, or thermoelectric heat pump is a solid-state active heat pump which transfers heat from one side of the device to the other side against the...
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