The ''Lexikon der gesamten Technik'' is an illustrated

German-language German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a ...

encyclopedia of architectural,

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...

and

manufacturing Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to ...

technology Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and Reproducibility, reproducible way. The word ''technology'' may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in me ...

, written by

Otto Lueger Otto Lueger (b. 13 October 1843 in Tengen, Germany; d. 2 May 1911 in Stuttgart) was a German civil engineer, university teacher, and author of an encyclopedia of technology. Lueger studied at the Karlsruhe Polytechnic, where he was a membe ...

(German

engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limit ...

, 1843–1911) and first published in 1894.

Editions

* 1st Edition, 7 volumes, 1894–1899 * 2nd Edition, 8 volumes, 1904–1910 (with two supplements in 1914 and 1920) * 3rd Edition, 6 volumes, 1926–1929 (with a separate

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) * 4th Edition, 17 volumes, 1960–1972

External links

*http://www.zeno.org/Lueger-1904, 10 volumes, digitized by

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