Nicolaus Ehrenreich Anton Schmid

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Nicolaus Ehrenreich Anton Schmid (also: Nikolaus Ehrenreich Anton Schmid and Nikolaus Ehrenreich Schmid and Nicolaus Schmid ; born August 4, 1717 in Lüneburg , † February 6, 1785 in Hanover ) was a German goldsmith , mechanic and author .

Life

Nicolaus Ehrenreich Anton Schmid, born during the personal union between Great Britain and Hanover in the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg , ran a goldsmith shop in Hanover from 1748 to 1770. At the same time he worked as a mechanic and manufactured particularly popular burning mirrors and magnets .

Schmid wrote both bound writings, some of which appeared in several editions, but also essays, for example in the Hanoverian magazine .

Fonts (selection)

  • From the cosmic bodies to the common knowledge of the great works of God , Hanover, 1766; Digitized by the Bavarian State Library (BSB)
  • The arithmetic. In zweenen parts / by N. Schmid , Leipzig: In der Dyckische Buchhandlung, 1774

literature

  • Johann C. Poggendorff : Schmid, Nicolaus Ehrenreich Anton , in ders .: Biographical-literary concise dictionary for the history of the exact sciences. Contains evidence of living conditions and achievements of mathematicians, astronomers, physicists, chemists, mineralogists, geologists etc. of all peoples and times , Volume 2: M - Z , Leipzig: Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1863; Column 812 digitized material from Google books
  • Samuel Baur: Nikolaus Ehrenreich Anton Schmid , in ders .: Characteristics of the educational writers in Germany. A manual for educators , Leipzig: Johann Benjamin Georg Fleischer, 1790, p. 423; Digitized via Google books

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information in the catalog of the German National Library
  2. ^ A b c Johann C. Poggendorff: Schmid, Nicolaus Ehrenreich Anton , in ders .: Biographical-literary concise dictionary for the history of the exact sciences. Contains evidence of living conditions and achievements of mathematicians, astronomers, physicists, chemists, mineralogists, geologists etc. of all peoples and times , Volume 2: M - Z , Leipzig: Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1863; Column 812 digitized material from Google books
personal data
SURNAME Schmid, Nicolaus Ehrenreich Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German goldsmith, mechanic and author
DATE OF BIRTH August 4, 1717
PLACE OF BIRTH Luneburg
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1785
Place of death Hanover