Johann Christian Ruberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German inventor
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Place of Birth: Lüttgenrode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
About Johann Christian Ruberg
- Johann Christian Ruberg (baptized 4 September 1746 – 5 September 1807) was a German inventor and a pioneer in metallurgy.About 1798, Ruberg devised the first large-scale method for the production of zinc.
- This method (so-called "Silesian method"), used horizontal muffle furnaces which permitted for continuous operation, i.e., loading the input and unloading the product without cooling.
- This greatly improved the energy economy and labour intensity of the process.
- It subsequently led to the development of large zinc manufacturing industry in Silesia.
- Ruberg also authored several inventions and optimizations in glass-making.
- Ruberg is buried at the Lutheran parish church cemetery in Ledziny, where a memorial to him was installed in 1998.
- In 2000, an elementary school at Ledziny (Szkola Podstawowa No 3) received his name.
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