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European polytechnic schools in nineteenth century and Karlsruhe’s exemplary case

Meccanica volume 49, pages 13–21 (2014)Cite this article

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We present a short sketch of higher technical schools in Europe at the half of nineteenth century. With the aim of making some comparisons, we have consulted original documents and present the organisation of the Polytechnic in Karlsruhe in detail as an examplary case.

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  1. See, e.g., the web page http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/category/academic/series/history/hou.do#.UQ_IBBxnKGc.

  2. A History of the University in Europe edited by W. Rüegg, Cambridge University Press, 1992–2011.

  3. See the web site http://www.cisui.unibo.it/frame_annali.htm.

  4. For a microfilm copy of the original documents, we are indebted with Dr. Klaus Nippert, Head of Archives, KIT—Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, present name of the Polytechnische Schule zu Karlsruhe.

  5. Francesco Brioschi was a well-known mathematician; he taught mathematics in Pavia, where he was also president of the university, more historic than that of Milan. He was a former pupil of Italy’s most brilliant mathematician and mechanician in the first part of the nineteenth century, Gabrio Piola [17].

  6. More information is found on the web page http://www.polimi.it/ateneo/la-storia/le-origini/.

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Capecchi, D., Ruta, G. European polytechnic schools in nineteenth century and Karlsruhe’s exemplary case. Meccanica 49, 13–21 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11012-013-9866-9

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