Karl Christoph Schmieder

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History of Alchemy, 1832

Karl Christoph Schmieder (born December 5, 1778 in Eisleben , † October 23, 1850 in Kassel ) was a German science historian , high school professor and author .

Karl Schmieder received his doctorate in philosophy , completed his habilitation and was later also appointed professor . Before 1812 he was a teacher at a school in Berlin , then a senior teacher at the unified secondary school in Halle .

In 1812 Schmieder moved to Kassel and became, among other things, director of the community school and school inspector of Kassel.

Karl Schmieder gained significant importance through his main work "History of Alchemy ", published in 1832 , a widely read classic on the history of gold transmutation . In the book it is also clear that he himself believed in the transmutation of base metals into noble metals in alchemy. Schmieder also wrote numerous essays and books on mineralogy and numismatics , as well as literary works and translations from ancient Greek. In addition, there are contributions from him in the General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts by Erf and Gruber.

He belonged to the Masonic lodges, Zu den three Swords in Halle and To perfect harmony and friendship in Kassel.

Works

  • Topographical mineralogy of the area around Halle in Saxony, Halle 1797
  • Veterum e mineralogia aphorismi, Hall 1799 ( disputation )
  • Textbook of practical elementary geometry, Hall 1800
  • Geognosy presented according to chemical principles, Leipzig 1802
  • An attempt at lithurgy or economic mineralogy, Leipzig 1803–1804 ( Volume 1 at Google Books , Volume 2 at Google Books )
  • Das Gemeinnützige der Chemie, Freiberg 1804–1805 ( Part 1 on Google Books , Part 2 on Google Books )
  • Theophrast's Treatise on the Stone Types (translation), Freiberg 1807 ( Google Books )
  • Chäreas and Kallirrhoe or The Consequences of Jealousy (translation), Leipzig 1807
  • De affinitatibus chemicis, Hall 1809
  • About the establishment of higher civil schools, Hall 1809
  • History of the creation and new establishment of the Natural Research Society in Halle, Halle 1809
  • Three treatises on the substitutes for pozzolana, the sharp and narcotic principle, Halle 1810
  • Concise dictionary of all coin studies, Halle and Berlin 1811 ( Google Books )
  • Addendum to the concise dictionary of all coin studies for coin lovers and business people, Halle and Berlin 1815 ( Google Books )
  • Frau Holle, a Hessian folk fairy tale from the Meisnerberge, Kassel 1819
  • Mythology of the Greeks and Romans for Friends of the Fine Arts, Kassel 1821 ( Google Books )
  • Allotriums for entertainment during festive hours, Berlin 1824
  • The waterproofing of the witness and some other bodies, Kassel 1825
  • Outline of commercial, natural or technical physics, Kassel 1829 ( Google Books )
  • History of alchemy; 1832 Halle, digitally on Google Books

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personal data
SURNAME Schmieder, Karl Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German science historian, high school professor and author
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH Eisleben
DATE OF DEATH October 23, 1850
Place of death kassel