Johann Lorenz Böckmann

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Johann Lorenz Böckmann
In an article by H. Hertz in the Meteorologische Zeitschrift (1887, 4th year) reference is made to images by JL Böckmann, the so-called Meteorographia Universalis auctore Boeckmann .

Johann Lorenz Böckmann or Boeckmann (born May 8, 1741 in Lübeck , † December 15, 1802 in Karlsruhe ) was a German physicist and mathematician .

Life

Johann Lorenz Böckmann was the fifth and youngest child of a Lübeck bookseller. He studied theology, mathematics and physics in Jena from 1760 to 1764 . At the age of 23 he went to Karlsruhe grammar school as a professor. He made a career at the margravial court and became consistorial assessor in 1769, church councilor in 1774, councilor in 1776, Ephorus of the grammar school in 1789 and Privy Councilor in 1798. He set up a physical cabinet for the Margrave of Baden and founded a meteorological institute in 1778. He was a member of several scientific societies, including the London Royal Society , the Electoral Mainz Academy of Sciences and the Electoral Bavarian Academy of Sciences . In Baden he introduced the secondary school system and teacher seminars.

Böckmann was one of the first scientists in Germany who experimented with optical telegraphy and was thus one of the founders of communications technology. In 1794, Böckmann sent the then Margrave of Baden congratulations on his birthday using an optical telegraph. In a letter to the Regensburg Princely Council, he developed the picture of a large, all-encompassing chain of messages "which will unite St. Petersburg with Kherson and all the other countries in more than one part of the world".

Böckmann was friends with the poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock . In 1766 he married the eldest daughter of Dr. Eichrodt. She died in 1790. They had 13 children. The physicist and chemist Karl Wilhelm Böckmann (1773-1821), his father's successor as professor at the Karlsruhe grammar school and supervisor of the physical cabinet, was his eldest son. His younger son Friedrich (* 1776) was a country doctor.

Works (selection)

  • First reasons of mechanics. 1769.
  • Treatise on the conic sections , 1771., 1791
  • Natural science. 1775.
  • Wishes and prospects for the expansion of weather theory. 1778.
  • Wishes for the perfection of the weather theory. 1779.
  • Contributions to the latest history of weather theory. 1781.
  • Contributions to the history of mathematics and natural science in the Baden countries , 1787
  • On the application of electricity to the sick. 1787.
  • Small fonts of physical content. 1789.
  • About lightning rods. 1783-1791.
  • Via telegraphy. 1794.

literature

Web links

Commons : Johann Lorenz Böckmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ after: Böckmanns Biographie, 1793, p.
  2. ↑ Böckmann 1794, quoted from Frank Hartmann: Globale Medienkultur. Technology, history, theories . WUV, Vienna 2006.
  3. ↑ after: Böckmanns Biographie, 1793, p.
  4. ^ First Reasons of Mechanics , 1769, full text on Google Books
  5. ↑ Treatise on the conic sections , 1771, full text on Google Books
  6. ↑ Treatise on the conic sections , 1791, full text on Google Books
  7. ↑ Naturlehre , 1775, full text on Google Books
  8. ↑ Desires and prospects for expanding the weather theory , 1778, full text on Google Books
  9. ^ Wishes to perfect the weather theory , 1779, full text on Google Books
  10. ↑ Contributions to the latest history of weather theory , 1781, full text on Google Books
  11. ↑ Contributions to the history of mathematics and natural science in the Baden countries , full text on Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
  12. ↑ On the application of electricity to the sick , 1787, full text on Google Books
  13. ↑ Small Fonts of Physical Content , 1789, full text on Google Books
  14. ↑ Ueber Blitzableiter , new edition 1830 by Fr. Wucherer, full text on Google Books
personal data
SURNAME Böckmann, Johann Lorenz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boeckmann, Johann Lorenz (alternative spelling); Boeckmann, Ioannes Laurentius (Latinized name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist and mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1741
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck
DATE OF DEATH December 15, 1802
Place of death Karlsruhe