Jakob Pöschl

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Jakob Pöschl (* 1828 in Vienna , † 1907 in Graz ) was an Austrian physicist and university professor . In 1871/72 he was rector of the Graz University of Technology .

Life

Jakob Pöschl studied at the Polytechnic Institute and the University of Vienna and then taught at secondary schools in Vienna and Brno . In 1855 he was appointed as the first professor to the chair for experimental and technical physics at the technical college in Graz.

One of his students in Graz was Nikola Tesla , who enjoyed spending time in Pöschl's laboratory and praised him and his experiments in his autobiography My Inventions . At Pöschl, Tesla got to know the Gramme machine , a then new type of direct current generator from Zénobe Gramme , which obviously gave him his basic idea for a brushless motor .

Pöschl had several children, including the chemist Viktor Pöschl and the mathematician and engineer Theodor Pöschl . One of his grandchildren is the philologist Viktor Pöschl .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Acham (ed.): Natural science, medicine and technology from Graz: Discoveries and inventions from five centuries: from the "Mysterium cosmographicum" to direct brain-computer communication. Böhlau, Vienna 2007, ISBN 9783205774853 , p. 174
  2. ^ Pöschl Jakob , History of Technology in Graz
  3. ↑ a b The development of physics as a basic subject. Institute for Experimental Physics, Graz University of Technology, accessed on August 12, 2019
  4. ^ Franz Pichler, Augustinus Asenbaum: On the study of Nikolaus Tesla in Graz and Prague. In: Plus Lucis , 2/1996, pp. 9–13 ( PDF; 845 kB )
  5. ^ A b c German biography: Pöschl, Viktor - German biography. Retrieved August 12, 2019 .
  6. ^ German biography: Pöschl, Theodor - German biography. Retrieved August 12, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Pöschl, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian physicist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH 1907
Place of death Graz