David Beringer
David Beringer (1756 – 1821) was a German scientific instrument maker and craftsman. Different sources report his place of birth as either Dieppe or Nuremberg. In either case, he was recorded as living in the Lorenzseite neighborhood of Nuremberg in 1798, and in Augsburg around 1776.
David Beringer
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- Name
- David Beringer
- Born
- 12 January 1756
- Died
- 28 October 1821
- Occupation
- Scientific instrument maker and craftsman
- Spouse
- Anna Ottilia Hofmann (married 1777)
- Nationality
- Germany
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David Beringer (1756 – 1821) was a German scientific instrument maker and craftsman. Different sources report his place of birth as either Dieppe or Nuremberg. In either case, he was recorded as living in the Lorenzseite neighborhood of Nuremberg in 1798, and in Augsburg around 1776.
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Admitted as a master craftsman in 1777, the same year as his marriage to Anna Ottillia Hofmann, Beringer is known for building cubic wooden sundials, most of which bore two signatures: his own and that of G.P. Seyfried, an associate presumably affiliated with one of the local guilds, which Beringer does not appear to have joined. Beringer died as the result of an accident in 1821. • Illustration — Orologio solare, xvi-xvii sec. 01 • Illustration — Portable diptych sundial MET 188801 • Illustration — Cuadrante solar (Siglo XVIII). Museo Naval de Madrid.
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• Name — David Beringer • Born — 12 January 1756 • Died — 28 October 1821 • Occupation — Scientific instrument maker and craftsman • Spouse — Anna Ottilia Hofmann (married 1777)
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- 1.Museo Galileo - David Beringer. catalogo.museogalileo.it.
- 2.Collections - National Maritime Museum. collections.rmg.co.uk.
- 3.Horizontal String-Gnomon Dial, by David Beringer, Augsburg, 1776 (MHS Record Details: IRN 2896, Inventory number 40334). Museum of the History of Science.
- 4.Michel, Henri. Instruments des sciences dans l'art et l'histoire. Viking Press. 161. 1967.
- 5.Pizzamiglio, Pier Luigi. Orologi solari da usare e da leggere: rassegna degli scritti e degli strumenti di gnomonica conservati nella Biblioteca" Carlo Viganò" e nella Collezione" Alberto Viganò". La scuola, 2004. p112
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