August Lascus

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August Lascus

August Laskus (* 1859 ; † 1946 ) was a German civil engineer.

Laskus came from Cologne. In 1885 he became a government mechanical engineer and was later a secret councilor in Berlin.

In 1911 he worked on the strength theory section in the hut .

From 1923 he was the editor of the concrete calendar and from 1923 to 1939 the editor of the journal Bautechnik in the publishing house Ernst und Sohn .

Fonts

  • with H. Lang: Flywheels and centrifugal pendulum regulators: Their theory and calculation for use by engineers, machine constructors, etc. technical educational institutions edited, Leipzig 1882, 2nd edition 1884
  • with Gustav Tolkmitt: Guide for the design and calculation of arched bridges, 2nd edition, Ernst and Son 1902 (Lascus edited the 2nd edition)
  • Wooden bridges: static calculation and construction of the most common arrangements, Ernst and Son 1918, 8th edition 1955

literature

  • Karl-Eugen Kurrer : 100 Years of the Concrete Calendar, Building Physics, Volume 27, 2005, Issue 5 (with photo, p. 303)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Chronicle Die Hütte (August 1911) . At that time he was already a councilor.