Johannes Gaupp
Johannes Gaupp (also Joannes Gauppius ; * December 7, 1667 in Lindau im Bodensee ; † May 17, 1738 ibid) was a Protestant pastor who was best known as a mathematician and astronomer and also worked as a librarian .
Life
Johannes Gaupp worked as a pastor at St. Stephen's Church in Lindau from 1694 until his death .
His book on sundials Gnomonica mechanica universalis and the accompanying book Tabulae gnomonicae are considered to be his main work. On the title page of Gnomonica mechanica universalis , Gaupp emphasizes that his book is intended to show the lovers of this “graceful science” an easy way to make and use sundials. In fact, at the center of Gaupp's book is a small treatise on sundials by Henric Bierus , published in Holland in 1676 , a "short, clear, and thorough treatise" in which the subject of sundials is explained more easily than ever before.
Johannes Gaupp was a student of Erhard Weigel . His friends and acquaintances also included Eberhard Welper and Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr .
His estate is stored in the Lindau City Archives.
Works
- Gnomonica mechanica universalis or the very clear and easily presented general mechanical sundial art , Franckfurt & Leipzig: Wohler, 1720.
- Tabulae gnomonicae or tables for mechanical sundial art, through which all occurring sundials can be recorded most accurately in a very easy way, partly drawn from famous Mathematicorum writings , Lindau, 1708–1720.
- Detailed description of the great son of darkness, which Anno M.DCC.XV. May 3rd, morning, in whole Europe, and partly also outside of it, will be seen: namely: partly according to their general nature on the whole of the earth; partly according to their particular shape and size at 64. selected places / drawn from the Calculo and next to them designed in clear figures. By JG Sammt in a previous discourse of some considerations of the sun and moon eclipses , Augspurg: Brechenmacher, [1715]
- Ephemeris motuum coelestium ad annum 1717 prima , 1716
literature
- Jakob Christoph Beck , August Johann Buxtorf: Supplement to the Basel General Historical Lexico , Part 2, Basel 1744, p. 17.
- Karl G. Hofbauer, Patrizia Solombrino: Time in the Book, The Sundials of Johannes Gaupp , Schwabe Verlag Basel 2009, catalog for the exhibition in the University Library of Basel
- Handbook of the historical book collections in Germany: Article Landau - Stadtbibliothek , Section 2.7 on Johannes Gaupp , Vol. 12: Bayern IR , p. 54.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gaupp, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lutheran clergyman, mathematician and astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 7, 1667 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lindau in Lake Constance |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 17, 1738 |
| Place of death | Lindau in Lake Constance |