Carl, Vilhelm's father, was not a good experimentalist and so while he was a young boy Vilhelm did much work assisting his father in carrying out experiments to verify the theoretical predictions which came out of his father's hydrodynamic research.
Carl, Vilhelm ng ama, ay hindi isang magandang experimentalist at kaya habang siya ay isang bata Vilhelm ay maraming trabaho tumutulong sa kanyang ama sa pagdala ang mga eksperimento upang patunayan ang panteorya paghuhula na nagmula sa labas ng kanyang ama hydrodynamic research.