Sámuel Mikoviny
Portrait of Sebestyén Zeller. Mikovíny is holding a map of Hungary with the Pressburg Castle in the background. The inscription reads " O Cara Patria quae me genuisti, dulcis Panonia " - O, my sweet home that gave birth to me, Pannonia.
Sámuel Mikoviny (also Mikovini, Mikovíni or Mikoviny) (* 1686 in Szinóbánya or around 1700 in Ábelfalva ; † March 23, 1750 near Trencsén ) was a Hungarian mathematician, engineer and cartographer. In the 18th century he was one of the leading scholars of the Kingdom of Hungary and the Habsburg hereditary lands .
In 1735 he became a member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences .
Works
- Samuelis Mikoviny Nob. Hungari Epistola, de methodo concinnandarum Mapparum Hungariae topographicarum? Posonii, 1732
- Mappa Comitatus Posoniensis accuratione Astronomico-Geometrica concinnata opera S. Mikoviny. Vienna 1735
- Epistola ad JJ Marinonium de quadratura circuli. Vienna: Straub, 1739
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Mikowiny, Samuel . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 18th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1868, p. 288 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
Commons : Sámuel Mikoviny - collection of images, videos and audio files
- www.dunamuzeum.hu: One of the hidden works of the student Mikoviny ( Memento of June 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Sámuel Mikoviny, 1698-1750. Virtual exhibition
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| SURNAME | Mikoviny, Sámuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mikovíny, Samuel; Mikovini, Samuel; Mikovíni, Samuel; Mikoviny, Samuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian mathematician, engineer and cartographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1686 or around 1700 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cinobaňa-Turíčky or Ábelová |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1750 |
| Place of death | at Trenčín |