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HAUSMANN, JOHANN FRIEDRICH LUDWIG (1782-1859)

HAUSMANN, JOHANN See also:
FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )
FRIEDRICH See also:
LUDWIG, KARL FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1816—1895)
LUDWIG, OTTO (1813-1865)
LUDWIG (1782-1859) , See also:

German mineralogist, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

Hanover on the 22nd of See also:

FEBRUARY

February 1782. He was educated at See also:

GOTTINGEN

Gottingen, where he obtained the degree of Ph.D. After making a See also:

GEOLOGICAL

geological tour in See also:

Denmark, See also:

Norway and' See also:

Sweden in 1807, he was two years later placed qt the See also:

head of a See also:

government See also:

MINING

mining See also:

ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment in See also:

Westphalia, and he established a school of mines at See also:

CLAUSTHAL, or KLAUSTIIAL

Clausthal in the Harz mountains. In 1811 he was appointed See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of technology and mining, and afterwards of See also:

GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology and See also:

MINERALOGY

mineralogy in the university of Gottingen, and this See also:

CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair he occupied until a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

time before his See also:

DEATH

death. He was also for many years secretary of the Royal See also:

Academy of Sciences of Gottingen. He published observations on geology and mineralogy in See also:

Spain and See also:

Italy as well as in central and See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

EUROPE

Europe: he wrote on See also:

GYPSUM

gypsum, See also:

PYRITES

pyrites, See also:

FELSPAR, or FELDSPAR

felspar, tachylite, cordierite and on some eruptive rocks, and he devoted much See also:

ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to the crystals See also:

DEVELOPED

developed during metallurgical processes. He died at Hanover on the 26th of See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 18J9.

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