Samuel Bodmer

Samuel Bodmer  is a Bernese  geometer, born on  December 25, 1652 in Bern; died on  October 3, 1724 in  Oberburg . He is known for his work on the  Jura water correction and the Kander piercing .

biography

Bodmer comes from a Zurich patrician family, naturalized in Bern since 1614. The family owned several mills, among other things. So he turned to the bakery professions first. Around 1680 he switched to a military career in the artillery in the Bernese Army, where he achieved the rank of lieutenant. Around 1700 he was appointed land surveyor for the state of Bern. The following year, he completed the geometric measurement of Gemmi road and let his work in the third volume of Helvetiae historia naturalis of Johann Jakob Scheuchzer publish. He then drew up the plan for the Zihl and Aare rivers from Lake Biel to Rüti, suggesting a canal near Bürglen that would  prepare the most important aspects of the correction of the Jura waters . Bodmer then carried out geodetic surveys in Aargau (1705) and then created a detailed overview of the Bernese  borders (1706–1717), supplemented by the March book . From 1712 to 1714 he was in charge of the Kander Piercing.

plant

• March book , 1705-1712. (Bern State Archives)
• Plan of the Zihl and the Aare from Lake Biel to Rüti with a suggestion for a canal near Bürglen.
• Mappa Argovia Bernensis, 1706.

Web links and references

• Association 300 years of Kander Durchstich: Bodmer Samuel (1652 - 1724)
• Marti-Weissenbach, Karin: Samuel Bodmer. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Samuel Bodmer (two-page biography) . In: Prof. Dr. JH Graf: Some Bernese pioneers of alpine studies from the XVI. to XVIII. Century . In: Swiss Alpine Club: Yearbook of the Swiss Alpine Club , 1890–1891, volume 26, page 327 f.

1. ↑ Gottlieb Emmanuel von Haller: Library of Swiss History and All Parts as Related , First Part, Bern: Haller'sche Buchhandlung, Rudolph Albrecht Haller (Ed.), 1785, page 67, ( Google books )