Adam von Burg
Adam Freiherr von Burg (born January 28, 1797 in Vienna ; † February 1, 1882 there ) was an Austrian mathematician and technologist . He was the son of the Imperial and Royal Court machinist Anton Burg , in whose workshop he learned carpentry. From 1810 to 1813 he attended the architecture class of the Academy of Fine Arts , then from 1815 the Polytechnic Institute , where he became an assistant in mathematics in 1820 . In 1827 he received a professorship in Salzburg , in 1828 he became a professor of mathematics and mechanical engineering at the Polytechnic Institute in Vienna . There he was the first to give the popular Sunday lectures on his field.
In 1847 he was made an honorary citizen of Vienna for his services to fire extinguishing, water supply and gas lighting . In 1849 he took over the management of the Polytechnic Institute. After the institute was handed over to the military administration, he became a section councilor in the Ministry of Commerce in 1852. In 1866 he was raised to the baron status and appointed to the manor house in 1869 .
In 1870 Adam von Burg became president of the Association for the Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge in Vienna. He achieved great merits in particular in bringing about the progressive Austrian laws to avoid steam boiler explosions and the introduction of the metric system of measurements and weights .
In 1823 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .
His final resting place is in an honorary grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery (13A-1-15).
Fonts
- Comprehensive textbook on advanced mathematics with special consideration for the purposes of practical life . Vienna 1832–33 (3 volumes).
- Compendium of popular mechanics and machine science . Vienna 1846 (3rd edition 1855; together with supplement volume, 2nd edition 1863).
- Textbook of mechanical engineering . Vienna 1856.
- About the effectiveness of the safety valves on steam boilers . Vienna 1862.
- General development of (x + a) n . , 1826, Journal for Pure and Applied Mathematics, Volume 1 , pp. 367-368
- Proof of the parallelogram of forces based on mere reasoning. , 1826, Journal for Pure and Applied Mathematics, Volume 1 , p. 369
- About the existence of the roots of a higher equation with an unknown. , 1830, Journal for Pure and Applied Mathematics, Volume 5 , pp. 182-184
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Burg, Adam Ritter von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 2nd part. Publishing house of the typographical-literary-artistic establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1857, pp. 212–215 ( digitized version ).
- Castle Adam Frh. From. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 128.
- Wolfgang von Wurzbach: Josef Kriehuber and the Viennese society of his time. Volume II, 1957
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon . 6th edition. Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1909 ( zeno.org [accessed on October 9, 2019] Lexicon entry "Burg, Adam").
- ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed October 13, 2019 .
Web links
- Entry on Adam von Burg in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Author profile in the database zbMATH
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Castle, Adam of |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burg, Adam Freiherr von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian mathematician and technologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1797 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1, 1882 |
| Place of death | Vienna |