Otto Tumlirz
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Otto Tumlirz, or Ota Tumlíř (23 July 1890, Rožmberk nad Vltavou
Rožmberk nad Vltavou
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 – 3 January 1957, Graz
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) was a Czech
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-Austrian
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 psychologist
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, researcher for pedagogy
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. He taught as a professor at the Graz University.

In 1908 Tumlirz described careful and effective experiments which demonstrated the effect of the rotation of the Earth on the outflow of water through a central aperture, in a paper entitled "A new physical evidence of the axis of rotation of the earth". More can be found on this idea here Coriolis effect#Draining in bathtubs and toilets

Literary works

  • Jugendkunde, 2 vols., 1920–1921
  • Probleme der Charakterologie, 1928
  • Pädagogische Psychologie, 1930
  • Jugendpsychologie der Gegenwart, ²1933
  • Abriss der Jugendkunde und Charakterkunde, 1940

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