Hugo Fischer (technologist)

Hugo Friedrich Robert Fischer (born May 26, 1846 in Dresden ; † February 23, 1938 there ) was a German technologist , mechanical engineer and university professor .

Life

Hugo Fischer devoted himself to the put-away Abitur a mechanical engineering degree at the Polytechnic Dresden , which he with the promotion of Dr.-Ing. completed. After working in the private sector, Fischer took up an assistant position for mechanical technology and theoretical mechanical engineering at the Dresden Polytechnic in 1874. In the same year he was given the position of secretary of the royal Saxon technical deputation. Fischer, who later became deputy director there, resigned from his office in 1905.

Hugo Fischer completed his habilitation in 1877 as a private lecturer in mechanical technology at the Dresden Polytechnic, where he was promoted to extraordinary professor in 1879 and full professor of mechanical engineering and mechanical technology in 1890. In 1891 Fischer was entrusted with the management of the collection of templates for technical drawing, in the academic year 1895/96 he headed the mechanical-technical department of the university, which had meanwhile been renamed the Dresden University of Technology, and in 1913 he retired . Hugo Fischer, who was appointed Privy Councilor , died on February 23, 1938, three months before he would have turned 92 in Dresden.

Fonts

• Technological studies in the Saxon Ore Mountains, W. Engelmann, 1878
• Investigations into the tensile strength and elasticity of metal wires, 1884
• About mosaic work, Felix, 1887
• History, properties and make of linoleum , In: Deutsche Bauzeitung, Volume 23, 1888
• Introduction and development of steam shipping on the Elbe in the Kingdom of Saxony , 1890
• Wallpaper printing machine, In: Der Civilingenieur, Volume 42, 1896
• The first attempts to introduce bobbin net production in the Kingdom of Saxony, Springer, 1912
• The Bickford safety detonator and the establishment of the first safety detonator factory in Germany, In: Technik Geschichte, Volume 11, Verein Deutscher Ingenieure., 1920
• Technology of cutting, mixing and grinding, O. Spamer, 1920
• General mechanical engineering, O. Spamer, 1923

literature

• Gerhard Lüdtke (Hrsg.), Werner Schuder (Hrsg.), Joseph Kürschner (Hrsg.): Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar 1928/29. 3rd edition, De Gruyter, Berlin 1929, ISBN 3111071685 , page 536.
• Rolf Sonnemann: History of the Technical University of Dresden: 1828–1978, Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, 1978, page 114.
• Dorit Petschel : 175 years of TU Dresden. Volume 3: The professors of the TU Dresden 1828–2003. Edited on behalf of the Society of Friends and Supporters of the TU Dresden e. V. von Reiner Pommerin , Böhlau, Cologne a. a. 2003, ISBN 3-412-02503-8 , p. 214 ( limited preview in Google book search).

Web links

• Image by Hugo Fischer on the website of the Technical University of Dresden