About Joseph Redlhamer
Lived 1713 – 1761 (aged 47). Joseph Redlhamer was a physicist and university teacher.
Joseph Redlhamer (20 October 1713 in Lower Austria – 9 July 1761 in Vienna) was a professor at the University of Vienna.
He joined the Jesuits at age 18 and earned a doctorate in philosophy and theology, after which he taught ethics, philosophy and theology in Linz, Graz and Vienna. He was a contemporary of Johann Baptiste Horvath, Andreas Jaszlinszky and Leopold Biwald.
Among his published works is Philosophia naturalis seu physica generalis et particularis (Vienna, 1755), in two parts, for which a scanned copy of the first part (Physica Generalis) is available online. Physica Generalis deals primarily with mechanics, including fluid mechanics and gravity.
He was also a noted Catholic theologian and philosopher who published several other books.
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Who was Joseph Redlhamer?
Austrian physicist
When was Joseph Redlhamer born?
Joseph Redlhamer was born on 20 October 1713 in Erla.
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Joseph Redlhamer died on 9 July 1761 in Vienna.
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Joseph Redlhamer was a physicist and university teacher.
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