!!!Redtenbacher, Ferdinand Jakob Redtenbacher, Ferdinand Jakob, b. Steyr (Upper Austraia), July 25, 1809, d. Karlsruhe (Germany), April 16, 1863, engineer. Founder of scientific mechanical engineering; after his studies at the Polytechnical Institute in Vienna 1829-1833 assistant to J. Arzberger, from 1841 professor of mechanics and mechanical engineering in Karlsruhe (1857-1862 Director), Germany´s oldest technical school to whose outstanding reputation R. considerably contributed. !Works Theorie und Bau der Wasserraeder, 1846; Prinzipien der Mechanik und des Maschinenbaus, 1852; Der Maschinenbau, 3 vols., 1862-1865. !Literature OeBL. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Redtenbacher,_Ferdinand_Jakob|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]