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- Title
FRIEDRICH AUGUST NAUCK (1855-1913) - GRADUATE OF RIGA POLYTECHNICUM, INITIATOR OF CONTROL-TICKET PRINTING IN RIGA.
- Authors
GUDRO, ILZE; ZIGMUNDE, ALĪDA
- Abstract
A graduate of Riga Polytechnicum (RP) (1878), F riedrich A ugust Nauck (1855-1913) was a son of the first director of RP, Ernst Nauck (1819-1875), an engineer, the initiator of public transport and various entrance control-ticket printing in Riga. The aim of the research is to reflect the activities of F. A. Nauck's Printing House and the beginnings of control-ticket printing, identifying control-tickets that have survived to the present day in various archives and museum collections. The Printing House established by F. A. Nauck in 1888, in Riga, operated until 1939. The engineer invented various devices for a successful operation of the Printing House. F. A. Nauck was an active member of Riga Technical and Riga Craft Society, he presented reports on various topics and was one of the directors of the Riga Horse Railway Society (1885-1889). In the research, great attention is payed to the family of F. A. Nauck and its descendants to the present day.
- Subjects
RIGA (Latvia); TECHNICAL institute graduates; PRINTING industry; ENGINEERS; TECHNICAL institutes
- Publication
History of Engineering Sciences & Institutions of Higher Education, 2020, Issue 4, p75
- ISSN
2592-8643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7250/HESIHE.2020.005