Otto von Littrow
Otto von Littrow (born February 14, 1843 in Vienna ; † November 7, 1864 there ) was an Austrian physicist and astronomer .
He was the son of the astronomer Karl Ludwig von Littrow (1811–1877), who, like his father Joseph Johann von Littrow, was director of the Vienna observatory. Littrow studied with Hermann von Helmholtz and Gustav Robert Kirchhoff at the University of Heidelberg . Although he age of 21 shortly after his promotion to typhus died, he made his name with Spektralapparaten ( Littrow spectrometer ) and heliostats .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Littrow, Otto von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 15th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1866, p. 296 ( digitized version ).
- F. Kerschbaum, I. Müller: Otto von Littrow and his spectrograph . In: Astronomical News . Volume 330, Issue 6, 2009, pp. 574-577, doi : 10.1002 / asna.200911219 (with picture).
Web links
- RW Soukup: What new insights into the life and work of Robert Bunsen could be gained from researching his library, which is now accessible? Lecture at the Karl Popper School, March 31, 2011 (PDF; 148 kB).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to Littrow, Jos. Joh. Of . In: Brockhaus Lexikon . Volume 61, 1888, pp. 228-229 ( online ).
- ^ F. Kerschbaum, I. Müller: Otto von Littrow and his spectrograph . In: Astronomical News . Volume 330, Issue 6, 2009, pp. 574-577, doi : 10.1002 / asna.200911219 (with picture).
- ↑ Otto von Littrow: About a heliostat according to August's principle . In: Repertory for Physical Technology. Volume 1, 1866, pp. 46–56 ( full text in the Google book search).
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SURNAME | Littrow, Otto von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian physicist |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1843 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1864 |
Place of death | Vienna |