Karl von Reichenbach

Karl Ludwig Friedrich von Reichenbach (February 12, 1788 - January 19, 1869) was a German industrialist and engineer who studied in the fields of metallurgy, chemistry (specifically distillates of coal and wood tar), and geology (for which efforts he was made, in 1839, a Freiherr [Baron] by King Wilhelm of Württemberg), as well as a naturalist researcher and philosopher, known today for his research into meteorites and for his reported discovery of what he called Od (odic) force.