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Heinrich Kuhl

Heinrich Kuhl 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 Heinrich Kuhl rather than just read about it. In short: Heinrich Kuhl (17 September 1797 – 14 September 1821) was a German naturalist and zoologist. Kuhl was born in Hanau (Hesse, Germany).

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Reference excerpt

Heinrich Kuhl (17 September 1797 – 14 September 1821) was a German naturalist and zoologist. Kuhl was born in Hanau (Hesse, Germany). Between 1817 and 1820, he was the assistant of professor Th. van Swinderen, docent of natural history at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. In 1817, he published a monograph on bats, and in 1819, he published a survey of the parrots, Conspectus psittacorum. He also published the first monograph on the petrels, and a list of all the birds illustrated in Daubenton's Planches Enluminées and with his friend Johan Coenraad van Hasselt (1797–1823) Beiträge zur Zoologie und vergleichenden Anatomie ("Contributions to Zoology and Comparative Anatomy") that were published at Frankfurt, 1820. In 1820, he became assistant to Coenraad Jacob Temminck at the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden. He then travelled to Java, then part of the colonial Netherlands East Indies, with his friend van Hasselt, to study the animals of the island, sending back to the museum at Leiden 200 skeletons, 200 mammal skins of 65 species, 2000 bird skins, 1400 fish, 300 reptiles and amphibians, and many insects and crustaceans. He described many new species and new genera of amphibians and reptiles. In 1821, he died in Buitenzorg (now Bogor) of a liver infection brought on by the climate and overexertion. He had been less than a year in Java. Johan van Hasselt continued his work collecting specimens, but died two years later. The partners are buried in a single grave in the Botanical Garden, Bogor, marked with a small column.

Legacy Several species have been named to commemorate his work as naturalist and zoologist: Fishes

Blue-spotted stingray or Kuhl's stingray, Neotrygon kuhlii Shortfin devil ray, Mobula kuhlii Kuhl's loach or kuhli loach, Pangio kuhlii Kuhlia, a genus of marine fish, flagtails or aholeholes Herpetofauna

Kuhl's creek frog or large-headed frog, Limnonectes kuhlii, found in Southeast Asia Kuhl's forest dragon, Gonocephalus kuhlii, a lizard found in Indonesia Kuhl's flying gecko, Gekko kuhli, a gecko found in Southeast Asia Birds

Rimatara lorikeet or Kuhl's lorikeet, Vini kuhlii lorikeet in islands of the South Pacific Mammals

Axis kuhlii, Bawean deer Callithrix kuhlii Eptesicus kuhli, synonym of Eptesicus nilssonii Pipistrellus kuhlii, Kuhl's pipistrelle Sciurillus pusillus kuhlii Scotophilus kuhlii Plants

Kuhlia, a genus in Salicaceae named by German botanist Kunth (now a synonym of Banara)

See also List of herpetologists Category:Taxa named by Heinrich Kuhl

References

Further reading Walters, Michael (2003). A Concise History of Ornithology. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09073-0.

External links BHL Text of Beiträge zur Zoologie und vergleichenden Anatomie. (in German).

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Heinrich Kuhl

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Heinrich Kuhl 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 Heinrich Kuhl 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 Heinrich Kuhl 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 Heinrich Kuhl

In research: Heinrich Kuhl 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 Heinrich Kuhl 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: Heinrich Kuhl is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1797 births, 1821 deaths, 19th-century German zoologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Heinrich Kuhl 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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Frequently asked questions

What is Heinrich Kuhl in simple terms?

Heinrich Kuhl (17 September 1797 – 14 September 1821) was a German naturalist and zoologist. Kuhl was born in Hanau (Hesse, Germany).

Why does Heinrich Kuhl 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.

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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.

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