Carl Holtzmann

Carl Alexander Holtzmann , also Karl Holtzmann, (born October 23, 1811 in Karlsruhe , † April 25, 1865 in Stuttgart ) was a German physicist .

Life

Carl Holtzmann was born in Karlsruhe in 1811, where his father, Joh. Michael Holtzmann, taught philosophy and classical languages ​​at the Lyzeum. His brothers are the theologian Karl Julius Holtzmann and the Germanist Adolf Holtzmann . Holtzmann studied at the then newly founded polytechnic school in Karlsruhe, where he turned to mining and metallurgy . He was married and one of his sons was the theologian Oskar Holtzmann . One grandson was the Darmstadt mayor and member of the state parliament, Ernst Holtzmann .

Services

As a teacher, Holtzmann taught mathematics and physics at the Karlsruhe Polytechnic and the Mannheim Lyceum . In 1845 he became the smelter manager of the Grand Ducal Ironworks Albbruck near Waldshut.

In 1851 he received the professorship for physics and mechanics at the Stuttgart Polytechnic . He was director there several times and was considered a "pioneer in Stuttgart's higher education system". As a scientist, he has written several textbooks and achieved significant achievements in the field of thermodynamics and mechanics ( Stephen Brush counts him among the dozen or so scientists who formulated a more or less general law of conservation of energy in the 19th century). He died in Stuttgart on April 25, 1865.

Fonts

• Analysis . G. Holtzmann, Karlsruhe 1840.
• Morin's auxiliary book of the practical mechanic, for use by artillery officers, civil and military engineers . German edit by C. Holtzmann. 2nd Edition. (German, 3rd French), Groos, Karlsruhe 1844.
• About the warmth and elasticity of gases and vapors . Loeffler, Mannheim 1845.
• On the distribution of pressure inside a body . Stuttgart 1846.
• Boards etc to facilitate and economizing the related to engineering and similar bills first for mechanics, engineers, miners and smelters . Flammer u. Hoffmann, Pforzheim 1848.
• Mechanics and machine teaching, presented in a popular way . Müller, Stuttgart 1848.
• Basics of mechanics and machine science, for teachers and teachers, for school and home . Müller, Stuttgart 1850.
• Morin's practical mechanic's aid book for use by artillery officers, civil and military engineers . German edit by C. Holtzmann. 3. Edition. (German, 4th French), Groos, Karlsruhe 1851.
• Basics of mechanics and machine theory . Müller, Stuttgart 1851.
• Basics of mechanics and machine theory. Popularly represented , 2., quite verb. and possibly edition, Stuttgart 1853.
• The wave motion of dripping liquids . Stuttgart 1858.
• Textbook of theoretical mechanics . Metzler, Stuttgart 1861.
• Mechanical heat theory . Metzler, Stuttgart 1866.

literature

• Zech: Necrology of Professor Dr. v. Holtzmann in Stuttgart , in: Annual Books of the Association for Patriotic Natural History in Württemberg , 22nd year, E. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart 1866, p. 25f.
• J. Lüroth: Karl Alexander Holtzmann. In: Friedrich von Weech (Ed.): Badische Biographien . Volume 1, Heidelberg 1875, p. 392.
• Eugen Lommel :  Holtzmann, Karl Heinrich Alexander . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 19 f.
• Grete Ronge:  Holtzmann, Karl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 561 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Hansmartin Schwarzmaier : Walther Holtzmann (1891–1963), born in Eberbach, descendant of a family of scholars from Baden . In: Eberbacher Geschichtsblatt. No. 80, 1981, p. 84.
• Wilhelm Kohlhaas: Carl Alexander Holtzmann, Professor of Physics, 1811–1865 . In: Life pictures from Baden-Württemberg. Volume 18. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 978-3-17-012208-6 , pp. 285-298.

Web links

• Entry in the personal database of the Baden-Württemberg State Bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ^ Stephen Brush, Kinetic Theory, Pergamon Press, Volume 1, 1966, p. 20