Hermann Sieveking

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Hermann Samuel Reimarus Sieveking (born May 20, 1875 in Hamburg ; † August 4, 1914 in Karlsruhe ) was a German physicist and professor for theoretical physics at the Technical University of Karlsruhe.

Hermann SR Sieveking family grave complex in Ohlsdorf cemetery

Life

The offspring of the Hamburg Hanseatic Sieveking family and grandson of the mayor Friedrich Sieveking attended the Johanneum's school of scholars . After graduating from high school in the fall of 1893, he studied natural sciences at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg , the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich and the Kaiser Wilhelms University of Strasbourg . In the meantime he served as a one-year volunteer in the Prussian Army , probably in the 4th Lorraine Infantry Regiment No. 136 . In 1895 he became a corps bow bearer of the Palatia Strasbourg . In 1899 he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD .

On December 1 of the same year he became second, on April 1, 1902 first scientific assistant at the Physics Institute of the TH Karlsruhe . On April 1, 1908 , he qualified as a professor in theoretical physics . As a private lecturer , he relieved his boss Otto Lehmann of academic teaching duties. He made special contributions to research into the radioactivity of thermal springs . With Carl Engler he developed the fontactoscope . In the winter semester 1913 he was the professor of the teaching of aeronautics and aviation technology . He was chairman of the Karlsruhe Aviation Association . He operated the balloon flight and founded the Academic Flight School in Karlsruhe. At the age of 39 he succumbed to a weak heart .

Works

  • Instructions for the exercises in the Physics Institute of the Technical University of Karlsruhe . W. year from 1903.
  • with Christian Jensen: Applications of the microphone principle . Lucas Grafe & Sillem 1906.
  • With Christian Jensen and Paul Perlewitz: Applications of the microphone principle. Registration balloon ascents in Hamburg from April 1905 to March 1906, with 5 plates and 1 illustration in the text . Lucas Grafe & Sillem 1906.
  • Introduction to the physical internship . Gutsch Verlag 1912.
  • Visualization of the molecules according to Laue and Wilson . Franckh Cosmos 1913
  • Modern problems of physics . Lectures. Vieweg Verlag 1914.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 34/110.
  2. ↑ Dissertation: About the radiation of static electricity from tips . Annals of Physics
  3. ^ Habilitation thesis: Contributions to the theory of electrical discharge in gases
  4. ↑ Personal details : Prof. Sieveking . In: Aviation . 6th year, 1914, p. 756 .
  5. ↑ Address book of the living physicists 1905, p. 71 (archive.org)
  6. ^ Chr. Jensen: Hermann Sieveking (obituary) . In: The natural sciences . tape 2 , no. 45 , November 6, 1914, pp. 977–979 , doi : 10.1007 / BF01507079 ( springer.com - incl. Free preview (pdf, 1st page)).
personal data
SURNAME Sieveking, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sieveking, Hermann Samuel Reimarus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 1914
Place of death Karlsruhe