Karl Jelinek (23 April 1822 in

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– 19 October 1876 in

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) was an Austrian

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and

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Biography

From 1839 to 1843 he studied law at the

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, where he also attended lectures given by mathematician

Joseph Petzval Joseph Petzval (6 January 1807 – 17 September 1891) was a mathematician, inventor, and physicist best known for his work in optics. He was born in the town of Szepesbéla in the Kingdom of Hungary (in German: Zipser Bela, now Spišská Belá in ...

, physicist

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and astronomer

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. After graduation, he worked as an assistant at observatories in Vienna (1843–47) and

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(1847–52). In 1852 he was named a professor of mathematics at the Polytechnic Institute in Prague, and in 1863, succeeded

Karl Kreil Karl Kreil (1798–1862) was an Austrian meteorologist and astronomer, born in Ried. Before university, he was educated at the Benedictine Kremsmünster Abbey, under the astronomer Boniface Schwarzenbrunner. He was educated at the University o ...

as director of the ''Centralanstalt für Meteorologie und Erdmagnetismus'' ( Central Institute for Meteorology and Geomagnetism) in Vienna. From 1863, he also served as a professor of physics at the University of Vienna.Jelinek, Carl
at Deutsche Biographie In 1865 he founded the ''Österreichische Gesellschaft für Meteorologie'' (Austrian Society of Meteorology), of which, with

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, he was editor of the organization's '' Zeitschrift'' (magazine).

Selected writings

* ''Beiträge zur construction selbstregistrirender meteorologischer apparate'', 1850 – Contributions to the construction of self-registering meteorological instruments. * ''Psychrometer-Tafeln für das hunderttheilige Thermometer'', 1876 –

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tables for the

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. * ''Über den jährlichen Gang der Temperatur und des Luftdruckes in Österreich und an einigen benachbarten Stationen'', 1867 – On the daily changes in temperature according to the observations of meteorological stations in Austria. * ''Jelinek's anleitung zur ausführung meteorologischer beobachtungen nebst einer sammlung von hilfstafeln'', 1884 (with Julius von Hann) – Jelinek's guide to accomplishing meteorological observations.Most widely held works by Karl Jelinek
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jelinek, Karl 1822 births 1876 deaths Scientists from Brno People from the Margraviate of Moravia Austrian meteorologists Austrian physicists University of Vienna alumni Academic staff of the University of Vienna