Karl Memmler
Karl Memmler (born December 29, 1873 in Berlin ; † January 17, 1935 there ) was a German materials testing scientist.
Life
Karl Memmler attended the Realgymnasium in Weimar . After graduating from high school, he studied metallurgy at the Technical University Berlin-Charlottenburg from 1892 and became a member of the Corps Pomarania-Silesia Berlin. In 1896 he became a qualified engineer. He began his professional activity in the iron and steel industry. In 1898 he moved to the State Materials Testing Office in Berlin-Dahlem , which at that time was still called the Mechanisch-Technische Versuchsanstalt . In 1911 he was appointed professor. In 1911, 1912 and 1914 he went on study trips to England and North America. During the First World War he took part as a lieutenant in the Landwehr and consultant for the procurement of rubber for military vehicle tires in the inspection of the motor vehicle troops. He became director of the State Materials Testing Office and in 1921 lecturer for materials testing in the mechanical engineering faculty of the Technical University of Berlin. In addition to metallic materials, he was particularly concerned with testing rubber as a material .
Karl Memmler died in Berlin in 1935 at the age of 61. His grave is in the Dahlem forest cemetery .
Awards
- Iron Cross 2nd class
- Knight's Cross 2nd Class of the Saxon-Ernestine House Order
- Order of Merit (Waldeck) 4th class
- Iron crescent
- Hessian war honor
Fonts
- Material testing , 2nd edition 1924
- The properties of hard brass , 1929 (together with Oswald Bauer )
- Handbook of Rubber Science , 1930
- Endurance tests on the high-frequency push-pull machine (Schenck type) , 1930 (together with Kurt Laute)
literature
- Memmler, Karl. In: Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 2: L-Z. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1931, DNB 453960294 , p. 1225.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maschinenbau Volume 14, Issue 3/4, February 1935, p. 164.
- ^ Address list of the Weinheimer SC. 1928, p. 34.
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 585.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Memmler, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German materials testing scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 17, 1935 |
| Place of death | Berlin |