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KARSTEN, KARL JOHANN BERNHARD (1782-1853) , See also:German mineralogist, was See also:born at Butzow in See also:Mecklenburg, on the 26th of See also:November 1782. He was author of several comprehensive See also:works, including Handbuch der Eisenhuttenkunde (2 vols., 1816; 3rd ed.,1841); SystemderMetallurgiegeschichtlich,statistisch, theorelisch and technisch (5 vols. with See also:atlas, 1831–1832); Lehrbuch der Salinenkunde (2 vols., 1846–1847). He was well known as editor of the Archiv See also:fur Bergbau and Huttenwesen (20 vols., 1818–1831); and (with, H. von See also:Dechen) of the Archiv fur Mineralogie; Geognosie, Bergbau and Hiittenkunde (26 vols., 1829-1854). He died at See also:Berlin on the 22nd of See also:August 1853. His son, Dr See also:Hermann Karsten (1809-1877), was See also:professor of See also:mathematics and physics in the university of See also:Rostock.

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