Jonas Patrik Ljungström (12 March 1827 – 22 October 1898) was a

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, and teacher at the

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Biography

Jonas Patrik Ljungström was born 12 March 1827 in

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as the son of

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, and Maria Christina (née

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). His great grandfather was the

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, and his 3rd great grandfather early industrialist Abraham Hülphers the Older. He married Amalia (née Falck), and their issue included Georg Ljungström, Oscar Ljungström, Birger Ljungström, and

Fredrik Ljungström Fredrik Ljungström (16 June 1875 – 18 February 1964) was a Swedish engineer, technical designer, and industrialist. Considered one of the foremost inventors of Sweden, Fredrik Ljungström accounted for hundreds of technical patents a ...

. After examination in

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in 1849, Jonas Patrik Ljungström served as

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for the

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from 1864, and as cartographer at the governmental agency for cartography in Stockholm 1873-1888. Parallel to this, he developed land survey and precision instruments in own

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that cooperated among others with the early manufactory of

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. Furthermore, he taught at the

Jonas Patrik Ljungström's multiple technical innovations contributed and earned rewards among others at the

General Industrial Exposition of Stockholm (1866) The General Industrial Exposition of Stockholm (1866) (Swedish: ''1866 års allmänna industriutställning i Stockholm'') or only the Stockholm Exposition of 1866 (Swedish: ''Stockholmsutställningen 1866'') was an international aviation exhibition ...

, the

General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm The General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm of 1897 ( sv, Allmänna konst- och industriutställningen) also known as Stockholm Exhibition or Stockholm World's Fair (''Stockholmsutställningen'') was a World's Fair staged in 1897 in Stoc ...

(1897),

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, the

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(1876), the

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(1876), and the

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(1893). While in Philadelphia 1876 he met the Swedish physicist

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who remained a friend of the family until his death, teaching Ljungström's sons Birger and Fredrik in

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. The most successful of his inventions, the distance tube land surveying precision instrument, endured in professional use until the 1950s. Noted by

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(1803-1889) as "an innovative mind of extraordinary capability and extensive mechanical wit", Jonas Patrik Ljungström's works are represented by the

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, as well as by regional cultural heritage museums.

Works

* ''Beskrifning öfver distanstub med sjelfreglerande skala jemte sättet för instrumentets justering och användande'' (1877)

Distinctions

* Silver medal at the

* Member of Academie Agricole Manufacturière et Commerciale (1878) * Gold medal of the

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(1877) * Wallmark Prize of

(1877) * Gold medal at the

(1876)

References

External links

* http://runeberg.org/tektid/1928b/0043.html * http://www.lantm.lth.se/fileadmin/fastighetsvetenskap/utbildning/Examensarbete/07_5154_Crolina_Gustafsson_pdf.pdf * https://www.europeana.eu/portal/sv/record/916105/bhm_photo_UMFA53226_1006.html * https://digitaltmuseum.se/011014306770/lantmatare-jonas-patrik-ljungstrom-1827-1898 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ljungstrom, Jonas Patrik 1827 births 1898 deaths Jonas Patrik Swedish geodesists Academic staff of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology Swedish cartographers Swedish surveyors 19th-century cartographers

Biography

Works

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