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Wolfgang Xaver Franz, Baron von Kobell

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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BARON VON (1803-1882), German mineralogist, was born at Munich on the 19th of July 1803. He studied chemistry and mineralogy at Landshut (1820-1823), and in 1826 became professor of mineralogy in the university of Munich. He introduced some new methods of mineral analyses, and in 1855 invented the stauroscope for the study of the optical properties of crystals. He contributed numerous papers to scientific journals, and described many new minerals. He died at Munich on the 11th of November, 1882.

Publications

. - Charakteristik der Mineralien (2 vols. 1830-1831); Tafeln zur Bestimmung der Mineralien &c. (1833; and later editions, ed. 12, by K. Oebbeke, 1884); Grundziige der Mineralogie (1838); Geschichte der Mineralogie von 1650-1860 (1864).

Bibliography Information
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Wolfgang Xaver Franz, Baron von Kobell'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​w/wolfgang-xaver-franz-baron-von-kobell.html. 1910.
 
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