Paul Heinrich balm
Paul Heinrich Balsam (born November 13, 1827 in Hirschberg ; † August 25, 1881 in Stettin ) was a German high school teacher and math historian .
From 1847 Balsam was a teacher at the Marienstiftsgymnasium in Stettin. From 1866 to 1881 he worked in Stettin as a paid city councilor and city school council . He emerged through the first German adaptation of the work About conic sections by the ancient mathematician Apollonios von Perge .
Fonts
- Apollonius von Perga's seven books on conic sections together with the eighth book restored by Halley. There is also an appendix containing: The sentences relating to the geometry of the conic sections from Newton's "Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica". Georg Reimer, Berlin 1861 ( online ).
literature
- Kurt Vogel : Balsam, Paul Heinrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 566 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Otto Blümcke: The council and the council line of Stettin. In: Baltic Studies . Volume 17 NF. 1913, p. 136.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Balsam, Paul Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German high school teacher and math historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1827 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hirschberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 1881 |
| Place of death | Szczecin |