Concise dictionary of the natural sciences

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The Concise Dictionary of Natural Sciences is a concise dictionary in 10 volumes, which was published in two editions by Gustav Fischer Verlag . It was founded by Gustav Fischer senior († 1910).

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The 1st edition of the lexicon was written by Eugen Korschelt (zoology), Gottlob Linck (mineralogy and geology), Friedrich Oltmanns (botany), Karl Schaum (chemistry), Hermann Theodor Simon (physics), Max Verworn (physiology) and Ernst Teichmann ( Main editorial office). The 1st edition has about 10,000 pages.

The editors of the 2nd edition were Rudolf Dittler , Georg Joos , Eugen Korschelt, Gottlob Linck, Friedrich Oltmanns and Karl Schaum. The 2nd edition contains - in alphabetical order - articles on biology (general biology, botany, zoology), physiology (general, vegetative, animal physiology), crystallography, mineralogy, petrography, geology, chemistry (general, physical, inorganic, organic chemistry) and physics (aids, general principles, structure of matter, mechanics, acoustics, electricity theory, magnetism, optics, geophysics, thermodynamics, statistics). It contains a total of 686 biographies. The 2nd edition has approx. 11,000 pages and 10,000 illustrations.

The approximately 400 authors include a. Ernst Bresslau , Ludwig Plate and Peter Pringsheim .

The 1st edition has been digitized and is available on the Internet.

Contents of the volumes

1st edition 1912–1915

I. Dismantling to Black
II. Sheet to Ehrenberg
III. Egg and egg formation until fluorescence
IV. Fluorine group to tissue
V. spices to Kützing
VI. Lacaze-Duthiers to Myriapoda
VII. Nagelflue to Pyridine group
VIII. Quaternary formation to secretion
IX. Selenology to transformers
X. Transplant to hermaphrodite

2nd edition 1931–1935

I. Degradation to blood
II. Flowering plants to Dutrochet
III. Echinoderida to fats
IV. Fish to Geuthier
V. tissue to Kützing
VI. Lacaze-Duthier to Morison
VII. Morphology to Poisson
VIII. Northern lights to Siemens
IX. Silicates to transformers
X. Transplant to twins
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Bibliographical information

1st edition

  • E. Korschelt ... et al. (Ed.): Concise dictionary of the natural sciences . Publishing house Gustav Fischer, Jena 1912–1915. 10 volumes.

2nd Edition

  • Rudolf Dittler, Georg Joos (Hrsg.): Concise dictionary of the natural sciences . Fischer, Jena 1931–1935. 10 volumes.
  • Rudolf Dittler, Georg Joos (Hrsg.) : Concise dictionary of natural sciences: Sachreg. u. systemat. Contents overview . Fischer, Jena 1935.

Web links

Wikisource: Concise dictionary of the natural sciences, table of contents  - sources and full texts