Adolf Brix

Adolf Ferdinand Wenceslaus Brix (born February 20, 1798 in Wesel , † February 14, 1870 in Charlottenburg ) was a Prussian mathematician and engineer . The unit of measure Brix for the specific gravity of liquids was named after him.

Life

Brix worked as a civil engineer in various positions. In 1827 he was a construction manager , in 1834 a factory commissioner , and in 1853 a secret government councilor . In 1866 he retired into private life and in the same year was named a secret councilor . During his work, Brix was director of the royal Prussian normal calibration commission, member of the technical deputation for trade in the Ministry of Commerce and the technical building deputation and a full teacher of applied mathematics at the Berlin Trade Institute in Klosterstrasse (1828-1850). At the Berlin Building Academy he was a teacher of higher analysis and applied mathematics. The institute and the building academy merged to form the first technical university of the German Empire , the Royal Technical University of Charlottenburg, a forerunner of the Technical University of Berlin .

Berlin and Potsdam owe him the execution of several public buildings. The technical conception of the pump system for Sanssouci comes from him.

literature

Elementary textbook of the dynamic sciences with special regard to technical application. First volume: The first section containing statics. XIII, 400 p., 13 plates, plus appendix with XXX p. And 3 plates. Berlin, Duncker & Humblot 1831, second edition 1849, addition 1843
On the strength and elasticity of iron wires , 1847
On the resistance of the wagons , 1850
About alcoholometry , 1850, 1851, 1856

Web links

Author profile in the database zbMATH

Individual evidence

^ Karl Karmarsch: Brix, Adolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 335.
↑ Helmut Caspar: A mosque as a pump house . In: Berlin monthly magazine ( Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein ) . Issue 9, 1999, ISSN 0944-5560 , p. 75-79 ( luise-berlin.de ).

personal data
SURNAME	Brix, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Brix, Adolf Ferdinand Wenceslaus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian mathematician and engineer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 20, 1798
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wesel
DATE OF DEATH	February 14, 1870
Place of death	Charlottenburg

[1] Karl Karmarsch: Brix, Adolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 335.

[2] Helmut Caspar: A mosque as a pump house . In: Berlin monthly magazine ( Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein ) . Issue 9, 1999, ISSN 0944-5560 , p. 75-79 ( luise-berlin.de ).