Carl Schiffner

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Carl Wilhelm Anton Schiffner (born May 30, 1865 in Cainsdorf , † September 16, 1945 in Freiberg ) was a German metallurgical expert and university professor.

Life

The son of the metallurgical chemist Carl Anton Schiffner, who works at the Königin-Marien-Hütte , and his wife Marie, born. Schönfelder studied metallurgy at the Bergakademie in Freiberg and became a member of the Corps Franconia there in 1886 . After completing his studies, he worked in various management positions, most recently as head of the laboratory in Halsbrücke at Freiberg Hüttenwerke . During this time he devoted himself to the docimastic determination of precious metals , which in 1902 led to his appointment as professor of metallurgy and electrometallurgy at the Bergakademie Freiberg . In 1909 he also received a teaching assignment for trial studies .

Act

Between 1908 and 1912 he discovered the radioactive waters in the Saxon Ore Mountains and Vogtland , which led to the emergence and bloom of the Oberschlema and Brambach spas . In addition, a radium institute was founded at the Bergakademie Freiberg. He also investigated the separation of flue dust from steel mill gases by electrostatic cleaning. His teaching experiences were reflected in the textbook Introduction to the Probation and in the Kögler Pocket Book for Miners and Huts .

In addition to researching innovations in metallurgy, he also devoted himself to the history of his field. He was entrusted with editing the translation of Georgius Agricola's De re metallica , published in 1928 . His fragmentary collection of sources on the Saxon metallurgy was published in 1960 after editing by Werner Gräbner under the title Alte Hütten und Hämmer in Sachsen .

From October 1917 to September 1919 he was rector of the Bergakademie Freiberg. In 1930, after 28 years of teaching, he asked for his retirement. In addition to his scientific work, he was involved in various honorary positions, including a. as a member of the German Patent Office, the Technical Deputation and as chairman or board member of scientific societies.

Schiffner died shortly after the end of the war in 1945 and is buried in the Freiberg Donatsfriedhof .

Works

  • Introduction to tasting , 1912. 2. A. 1927
  • From the life of old Freiberg mountain students . Verlag E. Mauckisch, 1935-40, 375 pp.
  • Metalworking men . Mauckisch, 1942
  • Old huts and hammers in Saxony . In: Freiberger Forschungsheft , D14 - Culture and Technology, Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1960

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SURNAME Schiffner, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schiffner, Carl Wilhelm Anton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German metallurgist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Cainsdorf
DATE OF DEATH September 16, 1945
Place of death Freiberg