John Henry Poynting
Born	September 9, 1852(1852-09-09) Parsonage, Monton, Manchester, Lancashire, England
Died	March 30, 1914 (aged 61) Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Fields	Physics
Known for	Poynting vector

John Henry Poynting (Parsonage, Monton, Manchester, Lancashire, England September 9, 1852 ^[1] – Birmingham, Warwickshire March 30, 1914 ^[2]) was an English physicist. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Monton is an area of Eccles in the Metropolitan borough of the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um Geography Warwickshire is bounded to the northwest by the West Midlands Metropolitan county and Staffordshire, by Leicestershire to England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland In Physics, the Poynting vector can be thought of as representing the Energy Flux (in W/m2 of an Electromagnetic field. Monton is an area of Eccles in the Metropolitan borough of the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um Geography Warwickshire is bounded to the northwest by the West Midlands Metropolitan county and Staffordshire, by Leicestershire to Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A physicist is a Scientist who studies or practices Physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning He was a professor of physics at Mason Science College (now the University of Birmingham) from 1880 until his death. The meaning of the word professor ( Latin: professor, person who professes to be an expert in some art or science teacher of highest rank) varies Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. Mason Science College was founded by Josiah Mason in 1875 the buildings of which were opened in Edmund Street, Birmingham, England on 1 The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a British red brick University located in the city of Birmingham Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year

He was the developer and eponym of the Poynting vector, which describes the direction and magnitude of electromagnetic energy flow and is used in the Poynting theorem, a statement about energy conservation for electric and magnetic fields. In Physics, the Poynting vector can be thought of as representing the Energy Flux (in W/m2 of an Electromagnetic field. Electromagnetism is the Physics of the Electromagnetic field: a field which exerts a Force on particles that possess the property of Poynting's theorem is a statement due to John Henry Poynting about the Conservation of energy for the Electromagnetic field. In Physics, the space surrounding an Electric charge or in the presence of a time-varying Magnetic field has a property called an electric field (that can In Physics, a magnetic field is a Vector field that permeates space and which can exert a magnetic force on moving Electric charges This work was first published in 1884. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year He performed a measurement of Newton's gravitational constant by innovative means during 1893. Sir Isaac Newton, FRS (ˈnjuːtən 4 January 1643 31 March 1727) Biography Early years See also Isaac Newton's early life and achievements The gravitational constant, denoted G, is a Physical constant involved in the calculation of the gravitational attraction between objects with mass Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In 1903 he was the first to realise that the Sun's radiation can draw in small particles towards it. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting The Sun (Sol is the Star at the center of the Solar System. It was later coined the Poynting-Robertson effect. The Poynting-Robertson effect, also known as Poynting-Robertson drag, named after John Henry Poynting and Howard Percy Robertson, is a process by which

In the year 1884 he analysed the futures exchange prices of commodities using statistical mathematics. A futures exchange is a central financial exchange where people can trade standardized Futures contracts; that is a contract to buy specific quantities of a Commodity Statistics is a mathematical science pertaining to the collection analysis interpretation or explanation and presentation of Data.

Works by J. H. Poynting

• Collected scientific papers (Cambridge University Press, 1920).
• A text-book of physics: electricity and magnetism. Pts. I and II. Static electricity and magnetism (London, C. Griffin, 1914).
• A text-book of physics: volume III, Heat

(London, C. Griffin, 1911).

• The earth; its shape, size, weight and spin (Cambridge University Press, 1913).
• A Comparison of the Fluctuations in the Price of Wheat and in the Cotton and Silk Imports into Great Britain, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society 47, 1884, p34-64.

Craters on Mars and the Moon are named in his honour, as is the main Physics building at the University of Birmingham. In the broadest sense the term impact crater can be applied to any depression natural or manmade resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with larger body The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a British red brick University located in the city of Birmingham

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