Otto Nussbaumer

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Memorial plaque on the New Residence in Salzburg

Otto Nussbaumer (born March 31, 1876 in Wilten near Innsbruck , † May 5, 1930 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian physicist and radio pioneer .

Life

After attending the Landsoberrealschule in Graz, Nussbaumer completed a degree in mechanical engineering at the Graz University of Technology , which he graduated in 1901. He then worked as an assistant at Albert von Ettingshausen's physics institute for six years . Here, on June 15, 1904, he was one of the first to transmit music wirelessly - with the Styrian national anthem - that is, the first radio broadcast . However, Nussbaumer did not pursue the technology he was using any further, possibly he had already recognized that the “spark transmitter” he was using could not be further developed, but that other technologies had to be sought.

From 1908 Otto Nussbaumer worked as a state official in the building department in Salzburg .

literature

  • E. Attlmayr:  Nussbaumer Otto. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 7, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 178 f. (Direct links on p. 178 , p. 179 ).
  • Theodor Venus, Harald Waitzbauer : Otto Nussbaumer. The Salzburg radio pioneer. Salzburg Portraits - Series of publications by the Salzburg State Press Office. Salzburg 1990
  • Helmut Jäger: Otto Nussbaumer - a radio pioneer. About his experiments on the wireless transmission of music . in: Karl Acham (ed.): Natural sciences, medicine and technology from Graz. Discoveries and inventions from five centuries. Böhlau Verlag, Vienna-Cologne-Weimar 2007, ISBN 978-3-205-77485-3 , pp. 195-230

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personal data
SURNAME Nussbaumer, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian physicist and radio pioneer
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Wilten near Innsbruck
DATE OF DEATH May 5, 1930
Place of death Salzburg