Johann Joseph von Prechtl, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Austrian technologist
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Place of Birth: Bischofsheim an der Rhön, Bavaria, Germany
About Johann Joseph von Prechtl
- Johann Joseph von Prechtl (16 November 1778, Bischofsheim, Grand-Dukal Würzburg/(today's) Lower Franconia – 28 October 1854, Wieden No.
- 54 (today's Paniglgasse, 4th district of Vienna)) was a German-born Austrian (since 1802) technologist and educator.
- He is regarded as a pioneer of technical education in Austria. From 1796 he studied philosophy, theology and legal science in Würzburg, later working as a private instructor outside of Brünn, and afterwards as a teacher of natural sciences, chemistry and physics at a secondary school in Vienna (1810–14).
- In 1815 he became founder and first director of the Vienna Polytechnic Institute. With Johann Arzberger (1778–1835), he conducted research of public gas illumination, being credited with introducing a coal gas generating plant at the institute.
- Reportedly, in 1818, there were 25 operational public gas lanterns in Vienna.
- In 1823 he developed a portable baroscope.
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Adolf Dauthage
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| Alternative names | dauthage adolf; adolf dauthage | ||
| Description | Austrian lithographer and painter | ||
| Date of birth/death | 20 February 1825 | 3 June 1883 | |
| Location of birth/death | Vienna | Rustendorf, today part of Vienna | |
| Work location | Vienna | ||
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