Gottfried Erich Rosenthal

Gottfried Erich Rosenthal (born February 13, 1745 in Nordhausen ; † May 26, 1813 there ) was a pioneer in meteorology , a manufacturer of measuring instruments and a ducal-Gotha mountain commissioner .

Life

The eldest son of a master baker in Nordhausen attended the municipal grammar school and was interested in mathematics and the exact determination of weights and measures at an early age. He wrote several leaflets on this subject. Because of his good geometrical knowledge, he also worked as a surveyor . His meteorological research began with a barometer from the Swiss inventor Jean-André Deluc , which he was able to significantly improve in precision. In 1780 he climbed the summit of the Brocken in order to be able to carry out experiments. He recognized the possibilities of barometric altitude measurement and thus improved maps and leveling plans of selected locations.

Another topic he was interested in was the determination of spring, for which he published numerous tables. The manufacture of meteorological devices became an important source of income and also gave him the acquaintance of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , who jokingly called Rosenthal the Nordhausen weather prophet .

Honors

Honorary membership of the Kurmainzische Akademie (of the sciences) in Erfurt
Title Ducal Mountain Commissioner in the Duchy of Saxony-Gotha
In Nordhausen, today's Gottfried-Erich-Rosenthal-Strasse was called Erich-Peter-Strasse from 1989 to 1990 .

literature

Josef Tauchmann: From the work of the meteorologists on the southern Harz In: Meyenburg Museum (editor) Contributions to local history from the city and district of Nordhausen, issue 10, Nordhausen 1985, pp. 90–91

Individual evidence

↑ Letters 1782 - 1785 from Wolfgang von Goethe. , Jazzybee Verlag Jürgen Beck. Altenmünster 2012., Google Books (online) - October 18, 1784 , ISBN 9783849616434
↑ Historical street names in Nordhausen - NordhausenWiki
^ Rainer Hellberg. With the help of Dirk Schröter: Streets in Nordhausen through the ages. Vol. 2. le petit, Nordhausen 2010, ISBN 978-3-9812078-3-5 , 644243910 in the GVK - Common Union Catalog , Union Catalog of Public Libraries 1338843893 , p. 255.
^ Wilfried Strenz: On the Crimderöder Chaussee / Crimderöder Straße / Harzstraße / Hindenburgallee / Walter-Rathenau-Allee / Parkallee: Nordhäuser street names in the 19th and 20th centuries. In: Contributions to local history from the city and district of Nordhausen. Vol. 20. Nordhausen 1995, ZDB -ID 982697-x , 884679985 in the GVK - Common Union Catalog , Union Catalog of Public Libraries 1355086671 , p. 20.

Web links

Wikisource: Gottfried Erich Rosenthal - sources and full texts

personal data
SURNAME	Rosenthal, Gottfried Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German meteorologist, geodesist and instrument maker
DATE OF BIRTH	February 13, 1745
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nordhausen
DATE OF DEATH	May 26, 1813
Place of death	Nordhausen

[1] Letters 1782 - 1785 from Wolfgang von Goethe. , Jazzybee Verlag Jürgen Beck. Altenmünster 2012., Google Books (online) - October 18, 1784 , ISBN 9783849616434

[2] Historical street names in Nordhausen - NordhausenWiki

[3] Rainer Hellberg. With the help of Dirk Schröter: Streets in Nordhausen through the ages. Vol. 2. le petit, Nordhausen 2010, ISBN 978-3-9812078-3-5 , 644243910 in the GVK - Common Union Catalog , Union Catalog of Public Libraries 1338843893 , p. 255.

[4] Wilfried Strenz: On the Crimderöder Chaussee / Crimderöder Straße / Harzstraße / Hindenburgallee / Walter-Rathenau-Allee / Parkallee: Nordhäuser street names in the 19th and 20th centuries. In: Contributions to local history from the city and district of Nordhausen. Vol. 20. Nordhausen 1995, ZDB -ID 982697-x , 884679985 in the GVK - Common Union Catalog , Union Catalog of Public Libraries 1355086671 , p. 20.