Erasmus Habermehl
Erasmus Habermehl , also Erasmus Habermel (* around 1538 - † November 15, 1606 in Prague ) was an important clockmaker and manufacturer of astronomical and geodetic instruments of the 16th century, who most recently worked as a court instrument maker at the court of Emperor Rudolf II in Prague.
It probably came from southern Germany and probably came to Prague via Nuremberg , the center of watchmaking at the time . A brass rifle signed “Erasmus Habermel Pragae 1576” is the earliest known workpiece. In 1593 or 1594 he married a Susanna Solis there. In the same year he was named "Kay: Mt: Astronomical and Geometric Instrument Maker". He received orders from Tycho Brahe and from Francesco Padua di Forli , the emperor's personal physician (and alchemist ).
In addition to their outstanding craftsmanship, his instruments are also artistic objects of the highest order in the Renaissance style. In 1782, František Martin Pelcl reported in pictures of Bohemian and Moravian scholars and artists along with brief news about their life and work of instruments at the imperial court in Prague: “From Habermel, a Bohemian mechanic, there are still 1) sextants of Tycho Brahe. 2) Some sundials . 3) Some astrolabes , where the deviation of the magnetic needle at that time for the 1558 year is reduced on four pieces exactly 10 ° to the east […] ”(141 and 142).
Web links
- Adolf Wißner: Haberme (h) l, Erasmus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 398 ( digitized version ).
- Erasmus Habermel . Epact
- Habermehl, Erasmus . Clock Lexicon
- Geodetic device . Association of Mining History Stockheim / Neuhaus e. V.
- The astrolabe by Erasmus Habermel . Deutsches Museum , Munich; accessed January 5, 2015
- Sundials by Erasmus Habermel and Markus Purmann . Deutsches Museum , Munich; accessed January 5, 2015
- Torquetum of Dr. Franciscus de Padoanis . Museum of Arts and Crafts Hamburg
- Theodolites . Museo Galileo (English)
- Erasmus Habermehl . The Princely Collections
- Results List - Erasmus Habermel Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reinhard Glasemann: Earth, Sun, Moon & Stars . In: Writings of the Historisches Museum , No. 20. Frankfurt / M. 1999, ISBN 3-7829-0504-0 , p. 107.
- ↑ Ralf Kern: Scientific instruments in their time . Volume 1. From astrolabe to mathematical cutlery . P. 403.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Habermehl, Erasmus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Habermel, Erasmus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Watchmaker and manufacturer of astronomical instruments |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1538 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 15, 1606 |
| Place of death | Prague |