Wilhelm Lambrecht

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Wilhelm Lambrecht

Wilhelm Lambrecht (born August 3, 1834 in Wolbrechtshausen ; † June 17, 1904 in Göttingen ) was a German mechanic and entrepreneur in the field of meteorological measurement technology.

Life

Weather pillar from the Wilhelm Lambrecht company in Königstein im Taunus
Grave of Wilhelm Lambrecht in the Göttingen city cemetery

After graduating from school, Lambrecht completed an apprenticeship as a mechanic in Einbeck . During this time he was already interested in the construction of measuring instruments. His apprenticeship was followed by a journey of several years , which took him to Paris and Berlin , including Siemens & Halske . In 1859 he founded a workshop in Einbeck, which he relocated to Göttingen in 1864. There he came into contact with several well-known Göttingen natural scientists such as Friedrich Wöhler , Wilhelm Eduard Weber and Wilhelm Klinkerfues .

In collaboration with Klinkerfues, he invented a igniter for gas lanterns . When the marketing of the same failed due to the severe stock market crisis of 1873 , one turned back to measuring instruments, especially in the meteorological area. Lambrecht first developed a hair hygrometer designed by Klinkerfues. After a dispute, the two separated and Lambrecht developed his own measuring devices from then on . From 1873 he succeeded in developing a dew point mirror hygrometer , a polymeter , an aspiration psychrometer , several weather telegraphs and weather columns . His meteorological products were popular in many large cities and health resorts before the First World War . In addition to developing meteorological measuring instruments, Lambrecht also developed a type of minimum thermometer for medical use.

The company he founded and named after him still exists in Göttingen today. In addition, a street in the Göttingen industrial area is named after him.

Fonts

  • Wilhelm Klinkerfues, Wilhelm Lambrecht: Short description and instructions for the use of the Klinkerfues'schen patent hygrometer for practical meteorology and friends of the natural sciences, designed and manufactured by Wilh. Lambrecht. Hofer, Göttingen 1877.
  • Wilhelm Lambrecht: A nimbus and its value or clinker feet and its weather compass. Answer to continuing challenges. Spielmeyer, Göttingen 1881.

literature

  • Karl Keil:  Lambrecht, Wilhelm. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 443 ( digitized version ).
  • Otto Behrendsen: The mechanical workshops of the city of Göttingen. History and its present establishment. Memorandum ed. on the occasion of the World Exhibition of the United Mechanics of Göttingen in Paris in 1900. Haag, Melle in Hannover 1901, pages 26-28, pages 68-87. ( online as PDF)
  • Wilhelm Klinkerfues: For my friends! Defense against a charge made to me by my previous manufacturer W. Lambrecht of a theft of his intellectual property in weather matters. Göttingen 1880. (Reprinted in: #Lambrecht 1881 , pages 2–4.)

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm Lambrecht  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Wilhelm Lambrecht - Göttingen ( Memento of the original dated February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Website of the Friends of Old Weather Instruments, accessed on February 11, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.freunde-alter-wetterinstrument.de
  2. ^ A b Karl Keil:  Lambrecht, Wilhelm. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 443 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Lambrecht, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mechanic and entrepreneur for meteorological measurement technology
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolbrechtshausen
DATE OF DEATH June 17, 1904
Place of death Goettingen