Jeremias Friedrich Gülich
Jeremias Friedrich Gülich | |
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Born |
1733 Cannstatt, Germany[1] |
Died | September 1808 (aged 70) |
Occupation | Dyer |
Spouse(s) | Christina Hübner[1] |
Children | Heinrich Gottlieb[1] |
Parent(s) |
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Jeremias Friedrich Gülich was a dyer in the neighbourhood of Stuttgart: he published Complete Dyeing and Bleaching Book an elaborate 6 Volume work on the technical details of dying.[2] He made contributions in improving the body of scientific knowledge on colour.[3] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe praised Jeremias' contribution to optics[4] heavily in his book Theory of Colours.[5] Although Jeremias and Goethe never conversed personally, Jeremias was very pleased to be praised by a figure so well known.[6] Jeremias also helped to set industry standards on dying, most notably of sheep wool.[3] After writing his books between in Sindelfingen between the years of 1776-1778, he ran a military orphanage in Ludwigsburg, where the boys spun cotton and the girls knitted and spun of cotton & flax. In 1785 Jeremias opened his own cotton mill.[1] By the end of his life he had become the sole supplier of clothing to the military and also opened a saltpeter and gunpowder factory.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Aus Schönbuch und Gäu. Beilage des Böblinger Boten" 1954
- ↑ Goethe's Theory of Colours: Relation to the Technical Operations of the Dyer
- 1 2 Wikisource Färben
- ↑ The Visual Nature of Color, by Patricia Sloane, 1989, OCLC 19064957
- ↑ Goethe's Theory of Colours, Historical Section on Jeremias
- ↑ In einer geheimnisvollen Welt 2012