Johann Christian Ruberg
Johann Christian Ruberg (baptized September 4, 1746 in Lüttgenrode ; † September 5, 1807 in Lawek ) was a German smelter and inventor in the field of metallurgy.
Johann Christian Ruberg was the son of a miller and spent his childhood in Ilsenburg . He was supposed to study theology, and Count Christian Ernst zu Stolberg-Wernigerode donated a scholarship, but the young Ruberg showed more interest in the natural sciences. He occupied himself with the art of tasting and cutting .
The princely Anhalt-Plessian steelworks inspector Kiß gave him a job as a climber in the Silesian coal mine Emanuelssegen near Pless .
At the same time he succeeded in 1786 in the glassworks in Wessolla (now part of Myslowitz ) to improve the glass mass considerably through laboratory tests.
Johann Christian Ruberg invented a special distillation process in muffle furnaces around 1798 and thus founded the Upper Silesian zinc industry.
He is buried in the Protestant cemetery in Lendzin . Elementary school No. 3 in this city has been named after him since 2000.
literature
- Eduard Jacobs : Ruberg, Johann Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 29, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, pp. 429-431.
Web links
- Biography at ausflugsziel-harz.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ruberg, Johann Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German inventor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before September 4, 1746 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lüttgenrode |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 5, 1807 |
| Place of death | Lawek |