Friedrich Kick (mechanical engineer)
Friedrich Kick (born February 27, 1840 in Vienna ; † March 13, 1915 Baden , Lower Austria ) was an Austrian mechanical engineer and university professor . He was rector of the Vienna University of Technology and the Polytechnic Institute in Prague as well as a member of the Lower Austrian state parliament .
Life
Friedrich Kick studied from 1858 to 1862 at the Imperial and Royal Polytechnic Institute in Vienna, where he was also an assistant from 1862. In 1866 he was appointed full professor at the Estates Polytechnic Institute in Prague . In the academic years 1872/73, 1881/82 and 1891/92 he was elected rector there.
In 1892 he moved to the Technical University of Vienna as a full professor of mechanical technology, where he remained until his retirement in 1910. In the academic year 1895/96 he was elected rector of the Vienna University of Technology . Paul Ludwik was one of his assistants .
From December 28, 1896 to September 8, 1902, as a member of the cities ( Vienna I. ), he was a liberal member of the Lower Austrian state parliament.
In 1873 he was a juror and speaker at the Vienna World Exhibition . In 1878 he became a member of the Académie des Sciences and in 1905 he was appointed councilor . In 1906 he was the first professor at the Technical University of Aachen to receive an honorary doctorate (Dr. ing.hc) from a foreign technical university.
Friedrich Kick died in Baden near Vienna in 1915 at the age of 75 and was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery . His son of the same name (1867–1945) was an architect.
According to him, are Kick's laws of proportional resistors named.
Publications (selection)
- 1868: Contributions to the study of the latest advances in spinning mechanics , together with E. Rusch
- 1871: The flour production: A textbook of the mill , A. Felix, Leipzig, 3rd edition 1894
- 1885: The law of proportional resistances and its applications. In addition to experiments on the behavior of different materials with the same changes in shape both under the press and the percussion , A. Felix, Leipzig
- 1898: Lectures on the mechanical technology of metals, wood, stones and other malleable materials F. Deuticke, Leipzig
literature
- Felix Czeike (Ed.): Kick, Friedrich. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 3, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-218-00545-0 , p. 497 ( digitized version ).
- Kick, Friedrich (1840-1915), technologist. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 320.
- 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 of the Technical University of Vienna, Volume 13, Vienna, Böhlau-Verlag 2015, ISBN 978-3-205-20113-7 , page 76
Web links
- Friedrich Kick in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- Biographical data of Friedrich Kick in the Biographical Handbook of the Lower Austrian Parliament 1861–1921
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Kick in the Biographical Handbook of the Lower Austrian Parliament 1861-1921 . Retrieved March 17, 2016.
- ↑ Friedrich Kick, architect (1867–1945). In: arch INFORM ; accessed on March 17, 2016.
- ↑ Friedrich Kick, architect (1867–1945) . Retrieved March 17, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kick, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian mechanical engineer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 13, 1915 |
| Place of death | Baden (Lower Austria) |