Friedrich Hartner

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Friedrich Hartner, posthumous painting made by Wenzel Ottokar Noltsch in 1880

Friedrich Hartner (born November 30, 1811 in Vienna ; † October 5, 1877 ibid) was an Austrian geodesist , mathematician and university professor . He was rector of the Imperial and Royal Polytechnic Institute , today's Vienna University of Technology .

Life

After finishing secondary school, Friedrich Hartner studied at the Imperial and Royal Polytechnic Institute and at the University of Vienna , where he attended mathematics lectures. From 1833 to 1837 he was an assistant in higher mathematics at the polytechnic institute. He then worked for the Österreichische Sparkassa and the Oesterreichische Nationalbank .

In 1845 he was first supplent , then professor for higher mathematics and practical geometry at what was then the Joanneum in Graz . In 1851 he was appointed full professor for practical geometry at the polytechnic institute, later he was professor for higher mathematics and from 1866 again for practical geometry. In the academic year 1867/68 he was elected Rector of the Polytechnic Institute to succeed Josef Philipp Herr . During his tenure, the addition of the central wing of the main building and the construction of the observatory were completed.

In 1852 he published the first edition of his handbook and textbook on lower geodesy . This book had been revised, expanded and reprinted at least eleven times by 1921. Hartner was responsible for the first four revised and expanded editions until 1872, later editions were taken over by Eduard Dolezal and Josef Wastler. The first edition comprised around 600 pages, the 1921 edition was published in two volumes with a total of over 1100 pages.

Hartner was a member of several scientific associations and a knight of the Franz Joseph Order .

Publications

  • 1852: Handbook of Lower Geodesy , Seidel-Verlag, Vienna 1852
  • 1856: Handbook of Lower Geodesy: together with an appendix on the elements of the art of marrowing; For use in technical educational institutions and for self-study , 2nd edition, 610 pages, Seidel-Verlag, Vienna 1856
  • 1864: Handbook of Lower Geodesy: together with an appendix on the elements of the art of marrowing , 3rd edition, 693 pages, Seidel-Verlag, Vienna 1864
  • 1872: Handbook of Lower Geodesy: together with an appendix on the elements of the art of marrowing , 4th edition, 668 pages, Seidel-Verlag, Vienna 1872

literature

  • Juliane Mikoletzky, Sabine Plakolm-Forsthuber (editor): A Collection of Extraordinary Completeness / A Collection of Unusual Completeness: Die Rektorengalerie der Technische Universität Wien / The Gallery of Rectors of the TU Wien . Festschrift 200 years Vienna University of Technology, Volume 13. Vienna, Böhlau-Verlag 2015. ISBN 978-3-205-20113-7

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Hartner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The pantograph in historical publications from the 17th to 19th centuries: Friedrich Hartner 1852: Copiren der Plans . Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  2. ^ The pantograph in historical publications from the 17th to 19th centuries: Friedrich Hartner (1811–1877) . Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  3. ↑ Handbook of Lower Geodesy. 1852 . Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  4. ↑ Handbook of Lower Geodesy: together with an appendix on the elements of the art of marrowing; for use in technical educational institutions and for self-study, 2nd edition 1856 . Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  5. ↑ Handbook of Lower Geodesy: together with an appendix on the elements of the art of marrowing, 3rd edition 1864 . Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  6. ↑ Handbook of Lower Geodesy: together with an appendix on the elements of the art of marrowing, 4th edition 1872 . Retrieved February 26, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Hartner, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian geodesist, mathematician and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH October 5, 1877
Place of death Vienna