Carl Reichenbach
Carl Reichenbach | |
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philosopher | |
Known for | Odic force |
Karl Ludwig
Life
Reichenbach was educated at the
Afterwards, directing his attention to the application of science to the industrial arts, he visited
.Scientific contributions
Reichenbach conducted original scientific investigations in many areas. The first geological monograph which appeared in Austria was his Geologische Mitteilungen aus Mähren (Vienna, 1834).[1]
His position as the head of the large chemical works, iron furnaces and machine shops upon the great estate of Count Hugo secured to him excellent opportunities for conducting large-scale experimental research. From 1830 to 1834 he investigated complex products of the distillation of organic substances such as coal and wood tar, discovering a number of valuable hydrocarbon compounds including creosote, paraffin, eupione and phenol (antiseptics), pittacal and cidreret (synthetic dyestuffs), picamar (a perfume base), assamar, capnomor, and others. Under the name of eupione, Reichenbach included the mixture of hydrocarbon oils now known as waxy paraffin or coal oils. In his paper describing the substance, first published in the Neues Jahrbuch der Chemie und Physik, B, ii, he dwelt upon the economical importance of this and of its associate paraffins, whenever the methods of separating them cheaply from natural bituminous compounds would be established.[1]
Earth's magnetism
Reichenbach expanded on the work of previous scientists, such as Galileo Galilei, who believed the Earth's axis was magnetically connected to a universal central force in space, in concluding that Earth's magnetism comes from magnetic iron, which can be found in meteorites. His reasoning was that meteorites and planets are the same, and no matter the size of the meteorite, polar existence can be found in the object. This was deemed conclusive by the scientific community in the 19th century.[2]
The Odic force
In 1839 Von Reichenbach retired from industry and entered upon an investigation of the pathology of the human
Influenced by the works of
Works
- Das Kreosot: ein neuentdeckter Bestandtheil des gemeinen Rauches, des Holzessigs und aller Arten von Theer 1833
- Geologische Mitteilungen aus Mähren (Geological news from Moravia) Wien, 1834
- Physikalisch-physiologische Untersuchungen über die Dynamide des Magnetismus, der Elektrizität, der Wärme, des Lichtes, der Krystallisation, des Chemismus in ihren Beziehungen zur Lebenskraft (Band 1 + Band 2) Braunschweig, 1850
- Odisch-magnetische Briefe Stuttgart 1852, 1856; Ulm 1955
- Der sensitive Mensch und sein Verhalten zum Ode (The sensitive human and his behaviour towards Od) Stuttgart und Tübingen (Band 1 1854 + Band 2 1855)
- Köhlerglaube und Afterweisheit: Dem Herrn C. Vogt in Genf zur Antwort Wien, 1855
- Wer ist sensitiv, wer nicht (Who is sensitive, who is not?) Wien, 1856
- Odische Erwiederungen an die Herren Professoren Fortlage, Schleiden, Fechner und Hofrath Carus Wien, 1856
- Die Pflanzenwelt in ihren Beziehungen zur Sensitivität und zum Ode Wien, 1858
- Odische Begebenheiten zu Berlin in den Jahren 1861 und 1862 Berlin, 1862
- Aphorismen über Sensitivität und Od (Aphorisms on Sensitivity and Od) Wien, 1866
- Die odische Lohe und einige Bewegungserscheinungen als neuentdeckte Formen des odischen Princips in der Natur Wien, 1867
English translations:
- Physico-physiological researches on the dynamics of magnetism, electricity, heat, light, crystallization, and chemism, in their relation to Vital Force New York, 1851
- Somnambulism and cramp New York, 1860 (excerpt translated chapter out of Der sensitive Mensch und sein Verhalten zum Ode)
- Letters on Od and Magnetism 1926
See also
Notes
- Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as Baron). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.
References
- ^ a b c Reichenbach, Karl. The New American Cyclopedia, 1863 (in the public domain). Facsimile copy available on the Internet at Google Books.
- ^ "Scientific materialism and ultimate conceptions", Sidney Billing. Bickers and Son, 1879. p. 355.
- ^ Odic-Magnetic Letters -1859. New York : C. Blanchard. 1860 – via archive.org.
- ISBN 978-0-932813-75-6
- ^ International Plant Names Index. C.Rchb.
External links
- Karl von Reichenbach und Od. Paranormal Site (In German)
- Karl Ludwig von Reichenbach Archived 2016-09-19 at the Wayback Machine. Stadt Stuttgart (in German)
- Researches on Magnetism, Electricity, Heat and Light in their relations to Vital Forces. Cornell University. or here
- Luminous World Archived 2013-02-09 at the Wayback Machine. Article by Gerry Vassilatos