Johann Sahulka
Johann Sahulka (born December 25, 1857 in Deutsch-Wagram , † October 8, 1927 in Vienna ) was an Austrian electrical engineer.
Life
Sahulka was the son of a railroad man and studied physics and mathematics at the University of Vienna . He passed his teaching exams in 1881 and his doctorate in 1882 and then taught at the Währinger Realschule from 1884 to 1888 and at the Theresianum in 1888/1889 . His habilitation at the Technical University of Vienna took place in 1892. There he was a designer at the Electrotechnical Institute. From 1894 to 1898 Sahulka was employed in the Austrian Standardization Commission. In 1899 he became technical advisor in the patent office . From 1903 he was a full professor of electrical engineering at the Technical University. He was dean in 1909/10 and 1910/11 and rector in 1913/14. In 1915 he received the title of Hofrat. Johann Sahulka suffered severe visual impairments from a stroke in 1921 and retired in 1922.
He was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown . In 1932, the Sahulkastraße in Vienna- Favoriten was named after him.
meaning
Johann Sahulka did numerous groundbreaking work on electrical machines, as well as on measurement, communication and lighting technology. In 1894 he discovered the rectifying effect of the mercury vapor arc, which is used in mercury vapor rectifiers .
literature
- Felix Czeike: Historical Lexicon Vienna Vol. 5 . Kremayr & Scheriau: Vienna, 1997 (here incorrectly referred to as Josef Sahulka)
- J. Braunbeck: Sahulka Johann. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 379.
- Juliane Mikoletzky, Sabine Plakolm-Forsthuber (editor): A Collection of Extraordinary Completeness / A Collection of Unusual Completeness: Die Rektorengalerie der Technische Universität Wien / The Gallery of Rectors of the TU Wien . Festschrift 200 Years of Technical University Vienna, Volume 13, Vienna, Böhlau-Verlag 2015, ISBN 978-3-205-20113-7 , page 94 ( limited preview in Google book search)
Web links
- Entry on Johann Sahulka in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information board at the lecture hall named after him at the Vienna University of Technology
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sahulka, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian electrical engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Deutsch-Wagram |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 8, 1927 |
| Place of death | Vienna |