Thomas Spleiss
Thomas Spleiss (born December 27, 1705 in Schaffhausen ; † December 16, 1775 there ) was a Swiss mathematician and astronomer .
From 1725 to 1728 he worked in Basel at the Erasmium and as a private tutor to two sons of Johann Bernoulli and received private lessons in higher mathematics with Leonhard Euler von Bernoulli. His dissertation on the refraction and reflection of light followed in 1728. Among other things , Spleiss manufactured telescopes , microscopes and sundials . He sold a pair of globes made by him (heaven and earth) and an armillary sphere representing the Copernican world system in 1766 for 1700 guilders to Copenhagen, where the two globes have been kept in the university library since 1876 . His successor at the school in Schaffhausen , who had already helped him build exhibits, became his friend Johann Christoph Jezler in 1775 .
literature
- Siegmund Günther : Splice, Thomas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 35, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, p. 233.
Web links
- Karin Marti-Weissenbach: Thomas Spleiss. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Melchior Habicht message of the life of Mr. Thomas Splice. 1776.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Karin Marti-Weissenbach: Thomas Spleiss. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Splice, Thomas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Splice, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss mathematician and astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1705 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schaffhausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1775 |
| Place of death | Schaffhausen |