"Bohnenberger" redirects here. For the lunar crater, see Bohnenberger (crater).
Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger (15 June 1765 – 19 April 1831) was born at Simmozheim, Württemberg. He studied at the University of Tübingen. In 1798, he was appointed professor of mathematics and astronomy at the University.
He published: Anleitung zur geographischen Ortsbestimmung, (1795); Astronomie, (1811); and Anfangsgründe der höhern Analysis, (1812).
In 1817, he discovered the gyroscope effect.
The lunar crater Bohnenberger is named after him.
External links
- Bohnenberger's apparatus (gyroscope)
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