Nicolaus Beckmann (hydraulic engineer)

Nicolaus Beckmann ( April 14, 1743 - July 22, 1786 ) was a German hydraulic engineer.

Life

Beckmann was initially a postal administrator from 1763 to 1766, then studied mathematics and hydraulic engineering under the direction of his brother Johann Beckmann . In 1770/71 he toured the Netherlands, England and Germany with the support of the royal government. After his return he became dike conductor in Wilhelmsburg in 1771, dike inspector in 1774, and finally chief dike count in Harburg . Nicolaus Beckmann wrote numerous treatises on hydraulic engineering in the Hanover magazine and other organs and was a corresponding member of the Society of Sciences in Göttingen (from 1779) and a member of the Agricultural Society in Celle.

literature

Heinrich Wilhelm Rotermund : The learned Hanover or lexicon of writers, learned businessmen and artists who have lived and are still alive since the Reformation in and outside of all the provinces belonging to the Kingdom of Hanover, compiled from the most credible writers . Volume 1. Bremen 1823, p. 121 (with list of publications)

Individual evidence

↑ 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. 34.

personal data
SURNAME	Beckmann, Nicolaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German hydraulic engineer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 14, 1743
DATE OF DEATH	July 22, 1786

[1] 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. 34.