Eirini d'Eirinis

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Eirini d'Eirinis (another known spelling: Eirini d'Eyrinys ) (* 1630 in Ruschyn , † around 1730 in Boudry ) was a pioneer of mining in Switzerland .

Life

There are no precise and reliable records of his life before his arrival in Switzerland. From the beginning of 1700 he became known through activities as a mine prospector and entrepreneur in Switzerland.

From 1708 the canton of Zurich began to search systematically for coal stores. Eirini d'Eirinis was the driving force behind the search in Vaud , which began in 1709 . Together with two Vaud notables he received from the competent authorities in Bern the first concession for the exploitation of stone and brown coal deposits in the Valley of Paudèze , Vaud .

In 1711, Eirini d'Eirinis began mining minerals in the Bernese Alps . 1712 he discovered the asphalt deposits La Presta in Val de Travers in Neuchâtel Jura . In 1717 he acquired the concession for the local soil deposits and founded a shareholder company for the organized mining, export and sale of asphalt.

Eirini d'Eirinis wrote various writings that should point out the benefits and importance of coal and asphalt, as well as scientific publications. In 1721 Eirini d'Eirinis wrote his "Dissertation on natural asphalt".

D'Eirinis died around 1730.

Afterlife, meaning

After his death, d'Eirini's son continued his father's activities. He became known for the mines and the earth pitch extraction near Pechelbronn in Alsace . The petroleum from the Pechelbronn layers was initially used to treat skin diseases. Commercial use began in 1735 and ended in 1970.

The hard coal and lignite deposits explored by Eirini d'Eirinis in the Paudèze valley were mined and smelted until the second half of the 19th century and again during the two world wars. Asphalt was extracted and exported from the asphalt mines in Val de Travers for almost three centuries until 1986.

Fonts (selection)

  • Description of the loix des Mines: en latin et en françois. Besançon 1720, OCLC 603711139 .
  • Dissertation on l'asphalte ou ciment naturel, decouvert depuis quelques années au Val Travers, dans le comté de Neufchatel par le sieur Eirini d'Eyrinys, Professeur Grec, & Docteur en Medecine. Avec la maniere de l'employer tant sur la pierre que sur le bois: et les utilités de l'Huile que l'on en tire , Paris, Philippe-Nicolas Lottin, 1721, 48 p. in-12. (= Dissertation, University of Paris) OCLC 30950044 . (Full text online: Gallica )
  • Avis sur l'usage d'un asphaltene ou ciment naturel trouvé par le sieur E. d'Eirinis, de Russienne…. J.-T. Hautt, Friborg 1719, OCLC 457553471 .
    • Report of the power and cranking of the asphalt, including the manner in which it should be used for a kütt or ciment, tar-peeling for ships and other woodwork serving in water, rain and air, as well as for a holy oil: In the same of that Use of naphtha ... invented by the Greek doctor and professor Eurino d'Eirinis, who was born in Reussia. [1720-1730], OCLC 601782099 .

literature

  • Jean-Pierre Jelmini, Bernard Kübler: L'asphalte naturel du Val-de-Travers. Histoire d'une industrie. Neuchâtel Asphalte Co, Travers 1973, pp. 9-13, OCLC 83127843 .
  • Daniel Marek: Coal: The industrialization of Switzerland from the energy perspective 1850-1900. (= Dissertation, University of Bern). Bern 1992, OCLC 77653001 .
  • Moissei Abramowitsch Rakusin: Eirini-d'Eyrinys. A forgotten predecessor of Pasteur. Chemiker-Zeitung 1922 (46), page 1069.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bulletin de la Société vaudoise des sciences naturelles, Volume 80, Vol. 1990/1991, Issue 4, page 393
personal data
SURNAME Eirinis, Eirini d '
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eyrinys, Eirini d '; Eirinis, Eurino d '; Eirinis, Eirinus de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mining pioneer in Switzerland
DATE OF BIRTH 1630
PLACE OF BIRTH Ruschyn
DATE OF DEATH around 1730
Place of death Boudry