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AMONG those to whom German industry and engineering owed much in the latter part of last century was Johann Bauschinger, who was born on June 11 a century ago. He began life as a school teacher, but became very widely known for his work on the testing of materials. One of a large family of an artisan, Bauschinger was born in Nuremberg and was educated at the Nuremberg Commercial School, and the Polytechnic. He was enabled to proceed to the University of Munich and, after studying mathematics and physics, at the age of twenty-three years he secured a post as teacher in the Commercial School at Fiirth, where he spent nine years. He then taught for a time in the Realgymnasium of Munich, and in 1868 was appointed professor of mechanics and graphic statics in the Technical High School there, which henceforth was the scene of his activities. By 1870, he was in possession of a mechanical laboratory where, said Unwin, “Engineering experiments were carried out with a thoroughness and delicate accuracy never previously equalled”.
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Johann Bauschinger, 1834–93. Nature 133, 862–863 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133862c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/133862c0