Karl Jenny
Karl Jenny (born January 11, 1819 in Vienna ; † October 9, 1893 there ) was an Austrian mechanical engineer and university professor . He was rector of the Vienna University of Technology .
Life
Karl Jenny completed a mechanical engineering degree at the Imperial and Royal Polytechnic Institute , where he was Adam von Burg's assistant from 1848 . In 1850 he was appointed full professor for mechanics and mechanical engineering at the kk Bergakademie Schemnitz , in 1852 he was appointed a real kk mountain ridge . From 1852 he taught at the Technical Academy in Lemberg .
From 1866 until his retirement in 1889 he was a full professor of technical mechanics and mechanical engineering at the Polytechnic Institute in Vienna as successor to Adam von Burg. In the academic years 1866/67 to 1874/75 he was the first dean of the mechanical engineering school, in the academic year 1875/76 he was elected rector of the Vienna University of Technology . During his rectorate a chair for architectural form was established.
Jenny made numerous trips, including visiting the major European machine factories, and he was also a juror and reporter at the world exhibitions in London (1862), Paris (1867) and Vienna (1873). Among other things, he dealt with strength tests and material tests and founded the university's technical laboratory for this purpose. He also made calculations for water wheels and flywheels and constructed double-acting steam engines with slide controls .
Publications (selection)
- 1859: About the most important constructions relationships and some new arrangements for double-acting stationary high-pressure steam engines with slide controls. With special consideration of the coal and steel industry , mining and metallurgical yearbook of the kk Bergakademie Schemnitz
- 1861: On the theory of upper and lower back water wheels , Berg- und Hüttenmännisches Jahrbuch 11
- 1863: Die Motoren, Austrian report on the International Exhibition in London 1862 , Classe 8, Division I, pp. 260–294
- 1869: The engines at the Paris World's Fair 1867. Report on the Paris World's Fair in 1867 , Volume II, Classe 53, Section I, pp. 45–164
- 1873: Investigations into the strength of wood from the countries of the Hungarian crown , Hungarian Ministry of Finance, Budapest
- 1878: Strength tests and the machines and apparatus used for them at the kk technical university in Vienna
- 1884: Report on the study trip in October 1883 with regard to the means of communication available in and in the vicinity of large cities
literature
- Felix Czeike (Ed.): Jenny, Karl. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 3, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-218-00545-0 , p. 353 ( digitized version ).
- Jenny, Karl (1819-1893), technician. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 106.
- 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 Technical University of Vienna, Volume 13, Vienna, Böhlau-Verlag 2015, ISBN 978-3-205-20113-7 , page 56 ( limited preview in Google book search)
Web links
- Karl Jenny in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jenny, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian mechanical engineer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 9, 1893 |
| Place of death | Vienna |