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- Title
Valvasorjevi prispevki k kemijski tehnologiji.
- Authors
Južnič, Stanislav
- Abstract
The Polymath Joannes Weikhard Valvasor (*1641) conducted all his formal training in Ljubljana. Shortly after completing his schooling the young Valvasor experimented with the established chemist Joannes de Monte Snyders in Vienna. In the following years Valvasor developed his knowledge of the chemical properties of metals for the manufacture of thin-walled statue in today's Levstikov trg in Ljubljana. He used the specially designed alloy similar to those endorsed by the Japanese for their bells. From his books and travels Valvasor learned the details of the Japanese alloys and used the data for his own process. According to the only available note about studies in Ljubljana College on August 15, 1659 Valvasor passed from the lower Latin Mary's congregation to the higher Latin Mary's congregation which means that he just finished the study of Syntax (higher Grammar) and was about to began his studies of poetics. He probably enrolled as the student-beginner in 1655/56 and graduated as the student of rhetoric in 1660/61. In this paper we will name Janez Vajkard Valvasor's teachers of chemistry in his teenage years. Valvasor eventually finished just few years of his lower studies because as impetuous young man he decided not to continue his studies in any of the higher education institutions available outside Ljubljana. The leaders of Ljubljana lower courses who enabled and supported the work of Valvasor's formal teachers to manage his teenage aspirations will be described. And last, but not least, the professor of Valvasor's teachers will be named.
- Publication
Acta Chimica Slovenica, 2015, Vol 62, Issue 3, pS97
- ISSN
1318-0207
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17344/acsi.2015.1710