Johann Arzberger

Johann Arzberger ( born April 10, 1778 in Arzberg ( Germany ), † December 28, 1835 in Vienna ) was an Austrian engineer and scientist of German origin.

Life and work

Johann Arzberger machine was director of the Princely Salm'schen iron works of Hugo Franz Altgraf Salm- Reifferscheidt (1776-1836) in Moravia. In 1815 he was proposed by the founder of the Imperial and Royal Polytechnic Institute: invited (now Vienna University of Technology ) Johann Joseph Prechtl ( 1778-1854 ), to apply for the skilled mechanics and machine technology to a professorship. - On 3 January 1816 Arzberger was awarded the Magisterium of the practical teaching machines, in March of that year he took over the chair and began the following November with the lectures.

1816 constructed Arzberger with Prechtl in Vienna the first major facility for the production of illuminating gas from coal and has been together so a pioneer of urban street lighting. Vienna was the first city on the continent, which brought coal gas for lighting of streets and public places in a larger scale for the application.

As a result of work on steam and its practical use came Arzberg 1820 for the construction of a steam car, which was determined to move on ordinary roads without use of rails. The tube boilers used in this case had already been introduced in 1816 at the Vienna Polytechnic.

The experience made ​​Arzberger with artists and artisans, led him to comply with a request and free of charge on Sundays and keep holiday lectures on mechanical objects. This was soon imitation at millwrights, carpenters, and masons, and supported as early the principle of " preparation courses " ( a non-profit training schools).

Johann Arzberger died on December 28, 1835 in Wieden No. 54 ( Paniglgasse ) on apoplexy. He was buried in the cemetery Matzleinsdorf to rest.

Arzberger was (from 1817) first marriage with Magdalena Holzmann († 1825); the connection came from a daughter, Ernestine. The 1826 Wilhelmina Josepha von Schwind, Moritz von Schwind's sister, entered into marriage arose as descendants of Moritz ( 1827-1892 ) [Note 1], Friedrich ( * 1833, † 1905 in Rindbach at Ebensee ) [note 2] and Auguste.

1907 in Vienna Hernals (17th district ) was named the Arzbergergasse in memory of the founder of the Imperial and Royal Polytechnic Institute.

Writings

• Representation of the law of elasticity of water vapors, and description of the employed on this subject in the Polytechnic Institute tests. In: Johann Joseph Prechtl (Ed.): Yearbooks of the Imperial Royal Polytechnic Institute in Vienna. Band 1.1819, ZDB - ID 217840-0. Gerold, Vienna 1819, pp. 144-159. - Full-text online.
• Description of the imperial. royal. Polytechnic Institute located Comparators than normal degree of Viennese fathoms. In: Johann Joseph Prechtl (Ed.): Yearbooks of the Imperial Royal Polytechnic Institute in Vienna. Band 2.1820, ZDB - ID 217840-0. Gerold, Vienna 1820, pp. XXVI- XXXII. - Full-text online.
• Comparison of the cost of maintenance of the horses for the Schiffzug with the cost of firing a steam engine to the fort and bustle on the same vessel by means of rudder wheels, and the time required in both cases to trip on the Danube upstream of the furnace to Vienna. In: Johann Joseph Prechtl (Ed.): Yearbooks of the Imperial Royal Polytechnic Institute in Vienna. 11.1827 tape, ZDB - ID 217840-0. Gerold, Vienna 1827, pp. 36-56. - Full-text online.
• About the Schiffzug upstream through water wheels, which are mounted on the ships themselves. In: Johann Joseph Prechtl (Ed.): Yearbooks of the Imperial Royal Polytechnic Institute in Vienna. 14.1829 tape, ZDB - ID 217840-0. Gerold, Vienna 1829, pp. 44-61. - Full-text online.
• A mechanical means to heat enclosed spaces and to obtain at the same temperature. In: Johann Joseph Prechtl (Ed.): Yearbooks of the Imperial Royal Polytechnic Institute in Vienna. 17.1832 tape, ZDB - ID 217840-0. Gerold, Vienna 1832, pp. 1-12. - Full-text online.