18th Century- Foundation and Early Events
The Bavarian Academy of Sciences was preceded by a small number of institutions before it beginning with the Academia Carola Albertina in 1720. This academy did not last long, and was replaced two years later by the Parnassus Boicus. The Parnassus Boicus had mainly clergymen and literate laymen in its teachings, and it mainly taught a form of secular naturals studies, though the institution was Catholic. This institution lasted up until 1740, and by then it had published five volumes of a magazine with which lessons were taught to those enrolled. In 1758, in order to “secure the continuity of the new scientific understanding in Bavaria,” * Johann Georg von Lori founded the “Bayerische Gelehrte Gesellschaft.” …show more content…
This was an astronomical building that went on to be an observatory. In the modern day, the original building is gone, but a new one has taken its place. In this year also, Andreras Schmeller began a German language dictionary, which the research for continues to this day. From 1817 on, there was a large growth in scientific research and developments of inventions and instruments. Three important inventions from this year were the water column by Georg von Riechenbach, the galvanic telegraph by Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, and the development of optical precision instruments by Joseph von Fraunhofer. The water column can be explained as follows: “The machine pumped salt solution, brine, in a pipe ... It was in continuous operation for almost 100 years. In this brine pump, Georg von Reichenbach coupled a piston pump with a water column machine. The latter drove the piston pump. The water column machine comprises driving cylinder with its piston lifting cylinder with its piston and control apparatus to regulate the inflow of pressure water. Both of these pistons are linked with the pump piston by a common piston rod. The pressure water is led alternately into the driving and the lifting cylinder... When the lifting cylinder is under pressure, the pump piston moves upwards: brine is drawn into the pump housing.” * Sömmerring’s telegraph was based on electrochemical currents and contained a wire for each letter of the alphabet and each one-digit number, totaling 35 wires. The telegraph could transmit over a distance of 3.5 kilometers, making it incredibly effective for the time. The optical instruments developed by Joseph von Fraunhofer impacted the world of optics greatly. One of these tools was the spectrometer. This instrument allows each part of the spectrum of light to be observed by passing natural light through a slit then through a lens, and thus the light becomes spread by diffraction. With this
The Bavarian Academy of Sciences was preceded by a small number of institutions before it beginning with the Academia Carola Albertina in 1720. This academy did not last long, and was replaced two years later by the Parnassus Boicus. The Parnassus Boicus had mainly clergymen and literate laymen in its teachings, and it mainly taught a form of secular naturals studies, though the institution was Catholic. This institution lasted up until 1740, and by then it had published five volumes of a magazine with which lessons were taught to those enrolled. In 1758, in order to “secure the continuity of the new scientific understanding in Bavaria,” * Johann Georg von Lori founded the “Bayerische Gelehrte Gesellschaft.” …show more content…
This was an astronomical building that went on to be an observatory. In the modern day, the original building is gone, but a new one has taken its place. In this year also, Andreras Schmeller began a German language dictionary, which the research for continues to this day. From 1817 on, there was a large growth in scientific research and developments of inventions and instruments. Three important inventions from this year were the water column by Georg von Riechenbach, the galvanic telegraph by Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, and the development of optical precision instruments by Joseph von Fraunhofer. The water column can be explained as follows: “The machine pumped salt solution, brine, in a pipe ... It was in continuous operation for almost 100 years. In this brine pump, Georg von Reichenbach coupled a piston pump with a water column machine. The latter drove the piston pump. The water column machine comprises driving cylinder with its piston lifting cylinder with its piston and control apparatus to regulate the inflow of pressure water. Both of these pistons are linked with the pump piston by a common piston rod. The pressure water is led alternately into the driving and the lifting cylinder... When the lifting cylinder is under pressure, the pump piston moves upwards: brine is drawn into the pump housing.” * Sömmerring’s telegraph was based on electrochemical currents and contained a wire for each letter of the alphabet and each one-digit number, totaling 35 wires. The telegraph could transmit over a distance of 3.5 kilometers, making it incredibly effective for the time. The optical instruments developed by Joseph von Fraunhofer impacted the world of optics greatly. One of these tools was the spectrometer. This instrument allows each part of the spectrum of light to be observed by passing natural light through a slit then through a lens, and thus the light becomes spread by diffraction. With this