Johann Friedrich Christian Werneburg

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Johann Friedrich Christian Werneburg (born September 1, 1777 in Eisenach , † November 21, 1851 in Jena ) was a German mathematician and physicist . He also made contributions to music theory .

Life

After a commercial apprenticeship , Werneburg studied mathematics at the universities of Jena and Leipzig and received his doctorate in philosophy in 1799 with a dissertation on the duodecimal system .

Between 1803 and 1805 he taught as a private lecturer in mathematics at the University of Göttingen . From the end of 1808 to the middle of 1812 he gave mathematics lessons at the Weimar Page Institute and then until 1814 at the grammar school in Eisenach . In 1818 he received an extraordinary professorship for mathematics at the University of Jena. In 1828 he was accepted into the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .

Werneburg was a conversation and letter partner of Goethe .

selected Writings

  • Brief description of a new numerical system and then given measure, weight and coin system. 1798. doi : 10.3931 / e-rara-5353
  • Prove that the Taun number system (twelve number system) also the degree, time, measure, weight and coin system is the only perfect one, that consequently the ten number system (the decadic) and all other possible ones Number, also degree, time, measure, weight and coin systems are more imperfect, and that it only deserves the name Teliosadik. Consecrated to thinking people. Publishing house for the latest literature, [Erfurt] 1800. urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10083084-7
  • General new, much simpler music school for every amateur and musician. With a preface by JJ Rousseau . Steudel, Gotha 1812. urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10527833-1
  • Strange phenomena on and through various prisms. For the correct appreciation of Newton's and von Göthe's color theory. Schrag, Nuremberg 1817 urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10058854-2

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wolfgang Künne : Goethe and Bolzano. In: Academy of Sciences in Göttingen (ed.): Studies on history, theology and the history of science. Vol. 18, De Gruyter, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-028513-0 , p. 85 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  2. ^ Bruno Jahn: Werneburg, Johann Friedrich Christian. In: German Literature Lexicon . 3. Edition. Vol. 31 (Werenberg - Wiedling), De Gruyter, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-023571-5 , Col. 69 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  3. ^ Robert Knott:  Werneburg, Johann Friedrich Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 42, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1897, p. 19.
  4. ^ Wolfgang Künne : Goethe and Bolzano. In: Academy of Sciences in Göttingen (ed.): Studies on history, theology and the history of science. Vol. 18, De Gruyter, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-028513-0 , p. 86 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  5. ^ Member entry by Johann Friedrich Werneburg at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on November 7, 2016.
  6. ^ Bruno Jahn: Werneburg, Johann Friedrich Christian. In: German Literature Lexicon . 3. Edition. Vol. 31 (Werenberg - Wiedling), De Gruyter, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-023571-5 , Col. 69 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  7. ↑ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe : Diaries 1775 - 1817. Jazzybee Verlag, Altenmünster 2012, ISBN 978-3-8496-1677-9 , search hit for "Werneburg" ( limited preview in Google book search).

Remarks

  1. ↑ According to the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie ( online ), Werneburg received his doctorate at the University of Leipzig. According to information from Dr. Thomas Pester from the Jena University Archives, however, did his doctorate at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Jena with a dissertation on the duodecimal system .
  2. ↑ This preface was not written specifically for this book, as JJ Rousseau died in 1778.
personal data
SURNAME Werneburg, Johann Friedrich Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Werneburgius, Joannes Fridericus Christianus (Latinized)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1777
PLACE OF BIRTH Eisenach
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 1851
Place of death Jena