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Harry Plate

Harry Plate is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Harry Plate rather than just read about it. In short: Harry Plate (18 October 1853, in Hanover – 29 April 1939, in Hanover) was a German tinsmith and long time member of the Hanover chamber of artisans. Harry Plate was a master tinsmith and member of the Hanover chamber of artisans and president of the German Artisans and Commerce Day at its foundation in 1900.

Key takeaways

Harry Plate belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Harry Plate to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Harry Plate from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Harry Plate (18 October 1853, in Hanover – 29 April 1939, in Hanover) was a German tinsmith and long time member of the Hanover chamber of artisans.

Harry Plate was a master tinsmith and member of the Hanover chamber of artisans and president of the German Artisans and Commerce Day at its foundation in 1900. On 15 December 1910 the Prussian ministry of state deliberated on representation in the Prussian House of Lords. It concluded that artisans should be represented in future, but not workers, since the unions of the latter group were mostly subversive. By a decree of the Prussian minister for Industry and Commerce on 4 January 1911, Harry Plate was made a member of the Prussian House of Lords, a position which he held until 1918. In 1911 he became a board member of the Reichsdeutscher Mittelstandsverband and in 1912 he became a board member of the Deutscher Wehrverein. From 1919 to 1924 he was member of the Vorläufiger Reichswirtschaftsrat. In 1925, on the 25th German Artisans Day, Harry Plate was awarded the highest honour of the German Reich, the Adlerschild des Deutschen Reiches, but in the form of a plaque without a stand. Harry Plate was the only individual to be honoured with this lesser form of the award.

Bibliography Acta Borussica Vol. 10 (1909–1918) (PDF-Datei; 2,74 MB), p. 423 (439/510) Waldemar R. Röhrbein, "Plate, Harry," in: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon / Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart, Hannover: Schlüter, 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9, p. 285, online on Google Books.

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Harry Plate

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Harry Plate claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Harry Plate before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Harry Plate ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Harry Plate

In research: Harry Plate appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Harry Plate in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Harry Plate is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1853 births, 1939 deaths, Businesspeople from Hanover, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Harry Plate outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Harry Plate in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Harry Plate means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Harry Plate in simple terms?

Harry Plate (18 October 1853, in Hanover – 29 April 1939, in Hanover) was a German tinsmith and long time member of the Hanover chamber of artisans. Harry Plate was a master tinsmith and member of the Hanover chamber of artisans and president of the German Artisans and Commerce Day at its foundatio…

Why does Harry Plate matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Harry Plate?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Harry Plate.