Christoph Trechsler
Christoph Trechsler (* around 1546 ; † 1624 ) was a German instrument maker .
He was the son of the well-known Dresden gunsmith Lorenz Drechsler (mentioned 1558–1586). In 1571 he married. In 1595 he became foreman of the city of Dresden , from 1602 to 1605 he supervised the firearms collection of the Dresden Kunstkammer .
During the reign of Elector August, the first heyday of Saxon instrument making began in Trechsler's workshop. His earliest instruments are dated 1572 and his last 1624.
Trechsler used screws to fine-tune his instruments early on. In 1584 the car odometer of the Elector August of Saxony ( Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon ) was created. Presumably in 1609 he made an adding machine with a micrometer screw that Lucas Brunn had invented. His work included clocks, sundials (including a spoon and sundial from 1583, Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin Exp. No. CT 1583), quadrants , astrolabes , drawing and observation instruments.
He called himself the elder to differentiate himself from his son of the same name.
literature
- Clare Vincent: A Beam Compass by Christoph Trechsler the Elder and the Origin of the Micrometer Screw . In: Metropolitan Museum Journal . Volume 24, 1989, pp. 209-222.
- Una preciosa cuchara de Berlin. De Reinhold Kriegler. Descripción de un desconocido reloj de sol en una cuchara , in: Carpe Diem, Nº 20 Edición trimestral, Revista de gnomónica, Diciembre 2006
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trechsler, Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German instrument maker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1546 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1624 |