Carl Friedrich Alexander Hartmann

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Carl Friedrich Alexander Hartmann , also Karl (Friedrich Alexander) Hartmann (born January 8, 1796 in Zorge ; † August 3, 1863 in Leipzig ), was a German mineralogist , metallurgical engineer and writer .

Life

Carl Hartmann was the son of a Braunschweig smelter and was instructed by the pastor from Zorge. From 1806 to 1812 he attended high school in Blankenburg . From 1812 to 1813 he went to the mountain school in Clausthal . From 1813 to 1816 he served as a volunteer with the Ducal Braunschweig Hussar Regiment . He then studied from 1817 to 1821 at the University of Berlin , where he was Christian Samuel Weiss' assistant . From 1820 he worked in the hut administration in Blankenburg and from 1821 as a hut clerk in Rübeland . Then he worked as a Braunschweig civil servant in various functions until 1841. Hartmann began doing translations at this time and was accepted into the Royal Prussian Academy of Charitable Sciences in 1823. From 1825 he wrote his own specialist books on mineralogy and metallurgy. The Duke of Brunswick also enabled him to make scientific trips to Italy, among other places.

In 1826 Hartmann received his doctorate in law from the University of Heidelberg . There he was appointed Duke Braunschweig Mining Commissioner in 1829. Hartmann traveled to England and France on an official mission in 1834 and, in 1841, participated in negotiations with the Zollverein as Braunschweig representative .

In 1841 he gave up his career, went via Berlin and Weimar to Leipzig and devoted himself exclusively to writing. Extensive textbooks and dictionaries on scientific and technical topics were published every year . In 1842 he founded the Berg- und Hüttenmännische Zeitung . He also translated numerous works from the English and French, for example, the element of Geology of Charles Lyell .

Hartmann was an honorary member of various learned societies, including the Society for the Entire Mineralogy of Jena , the Natural History Society of Edinburgh and the Mineralogical Society in St. Petersburg .

Fonts (selection)

  • Metallurgy textbook. 2 volumes + atlas ribbon. August Rücker, Berlin 1833-34, OCLC 312333465 .
  • as editor: year books of mineralogy, geology, mining and metallurgy. JA Stein, Nuremberg 1833, OCLC 758322532 .
  • The inner mountain world treasures and workshops or a common representation of mining science . Stuttgart 1838 ( digitized by ETH )
  • Carl Hartmann: Mining and smelting newspaper. Arthur Felix, Leipzig 1854–1858 (previously in Berlin and Weimar from 1842), OCLC 604853328 .
  • Concise dictionary of mining, metallurgy and salt works, mineralogy and geognosy . 3 volumes (1859-1860). Voigt, Weimar.

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Carl Friedrich Alexander Hartmann  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carl Friedrich Alexander Hartmann on openlibrary.org; accessed on February 1, 2014.
  2. ^ A b Michael Mende: Hartmann, Karl (Carl) Friedrich Alexander. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 247-248 .
personal data
SURNAME Hartmann, Carl Friedrich Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hartmann, Carl; Hartmann, Karl Friedrich Alexander (different spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German metallurgist, mineralogist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Concern
DATE OF DEATH August 3, 1863
Place of death Leipzig