Ernst Gustav Kirsch (September 13, 1841 – January 8, 1901) was a German engineer. He was educated at Sorbonne, in

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and in

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. He was a professor from 1874 at the

Chemnitz University of Technology Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt , ) is the third-largest city in the German state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden. It is the 28th largest city of Germany as well as the fourth largest city in the area of former East Germany a ...

Chemnitz Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt , ) is the third-largest city in the German state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden. It is the 28th largest city of Germany as well as the fourth largest city in the area of former East Germany a ...

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. Kirsch is primarily known for the

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describing the elastic stress state around a hole.

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1841 births 1901 deaths Engineers from Chemnitz University of Paris alumni Academic staff of the Chemnitz University of Technology {{Germany-engineer-stub