Georg Hartmann (1489 - 1564)

Field(s) of interest: scientific instrument | astronomy
Gender: male

Born: Eggolsheim, 1489
Died: Nürnberg, 09-04-1564

Biography:
German engineer, instrument maker, author, printer, humanist, churchman, and astronomer. At the age of 17, he began studying theology and mathematics at the University of Cologne. After finishing his studies, he traveled through Italy and finally settled in Nuremberg in 1518. There he constructed astrolabes, globes, sundials, quadrants, and other instruments. Hartmann was possibly the first to discover the inclination of Earth's magnetic field.

Occupations:
instrument maker (Nürnberg)

Sources:
Michel, H. Traité de l'astrolabe (Paris 1947).

Allodi, F. La raccolta Mascagni nel Museo di Storia della Scienza Firenze (Firenze 1954).llodi,

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Zinner, E. Deutsche und Niederländische astronomische Instrumente des 11.-18. Jahrhunderts (München 1972).

Michel, H. Instruments des sciences dans l'art et l'histoire (Rhode-St-Genèse 1965).