Karl Michael Marx
Karl Michael Marx (born January 2, 1794 in Karlsruhe , † December 6, 1864 in Braunschweig ) was professor of physics and chemistry in Braunschweig.
Life
In 1814 Marx was a lecturer at the University of Heidelberg , from 1815 to 1817 a teacher at the Pestalozzische Anstalt in Yverdon , from 1817 to 1819 at the Lyceum in Karlsruhe and from 1819 to 1823 at an educational institution in Nuremberg. 1824 to 1847 was professor of physics and general chemistry at the Collegium Carolinum .
In 1827 he constructed tourmaline pliers, which are the simplest polarization apparatus.
In 1831 he suspected that Brownian motion originated from the surrounding water.
In 1837 he was elected a foreign member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .
Publications
- History of crystal science. Marx publishing house, Karlsruhe 1825.
literature
- Johann Christian Poggendorff : Biographical-literary concise dictionary for the history of the exact sciences. Volume II: M-Z. Barth, Leipzig 1863.
- Berend Wilhelm Feddersen , Arthur von Oettingen (Ed.): JC Poggendorff's biographical-literary concise dictionary for the history of the exact sciences. Volume III: 1858-1883. Part 2, Barth, Leipzig 1898.
Individual evidence
- ^ Catalog of the scientific collections of the Humboldt University in Berlin: polarization apparatus, tourmaline tongs
- ↑ Feldhaus: Franz Maria: The technology of prehistoric times, the historical time and the primitive peoples. A handbook for archaeologists and historians, museums and collectors, art dealers and antiquarians (PDF; 1.6 MB), Leipzig and Berlin: Engelmann 1914, XV, 1399 Sp., Pp. 1193–1200.
- ^ David B. Dusenbery: Living at Micro Scale: The Unexpected Physics of Being Small . Harvard University Press, 2009, ISBN 0-674-03116-4 , pp. 78 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 161.
- ^ History of Crystal Studies on books.google.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marx, Karl Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist and chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1794 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 6, 1864 |
| Place of death | Braunschweig |