Ferdinand Redtenbacher Totally Explained

Everything about Ferdinand Redtenbacher totally explained

Ferdinand Jakob Redtenbacher (* July 25 1809 in Steyr; † April 16 1863 in Karlsruhe) is considered as the founder of science-based mechanical engineering.

Life

Redtenbacher, son of an ironmonger from Steyr, first went through an apprenticeship in commerce and accounting. After a short intermezzo as technical illustrator in the "Baudirektion" (building authority) in Linz, he attended the Polytechnikum in Vienna from 1825 until 1829. He stayed there until 1834 as an assistant to Johann Arzberger. In 1835, he accepted an invitation to become professor at the Höhere Industrieschule in Zürich, where he taught mathematics and geometry. In 1841, he finally became professor in mechanics and mechanical engineering at the Polytechnikum Karlsruhe, and as its director between 1857 and 1862, he transformed it into a school of international standing.

Influence

Redtenbacher is considered as the founder of scientific mechanical engineering. Working at the Polytechnikum Karlsruhe, he supplied the previously empirical teaching with a mathematical foundation. Among his students, such outstanding engineers as Karl Benz, Franz Reuleaux, and Emil Škoda can be found.

Works (original titles in German)

Theorie und Bau der Turbinen und Ventilatoren, Mannheim 1844
Resultate für den Maschinenbau, Mannheim 1844
Theorie und Bau der Wasser-Räder, Mannheim 1846
Principien der Mechanik, Mannheim 1852
Die Luftexpansions-Maschine, Mannheim 1853
Die calorische Maschine, Mannheim
Die Gesetze des Lokomotiv-Baues, Mannheim 1855
Das Dynamiden-System, Mannheim 1857
Der Maschinbau, Mannheim 1862

Further Information

Get more info on 'Ferdinand Redtenbacher'.

External Link Exchanges

Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:

<a href="http://ferdinand_redtenbacher.totallyexplained.com">Ferdinand Redtenbacher Totally Explained</a>

Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned.