David Beringer

David Beringer
Born(1756-01-12)January 12, 1756
DiedOctober 28, 1821(1821-10-28) (aged 65)
Occupation(s)Scientific instrument maker and craftsman
SpouseAnna Ottilia Hofmann (married 1777)

David Beringer (1756 – 1821) was a German scientific instrument maker and craftsman. Different sources report his place of birth as either Dieppe[1] or Nuremberg.[2] In either case, he was recorded as living in the Lorenzseite neighborhood of Nuremberg in 1798,[2] and in Augsburg around 1776.[3][4]

Admitted as a master craftsman in 1777, the same year as his marriage to Anna Ottillia Hofmann,[2] Beringer is known for building cubic wooden sundials, most of which bore two signatures: his own and that of G.P. Seyfried, an associate presumably affiliated with one of the local guilds, which Beringer does not appear to have joined.[5]

Beringer died as the result of an accident in 1821.[2]


  • Examples of Beringer's work
  • Orologio solare, xvi-xvii sec. 01
    Orologio solare, xvi-xvii sec. 01
  • Portable diptych sundial MET 188801
    Portable diptych sundial MET 188801
  • Cuadrante solar (Siglo XVIII). Museo Naval de Madrid.
    Cuadrante solar (Siglo XVIII). Museo Naval de Madrid.
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References

  1. ^ "Museo Galileo - David Beringer". catalogo.museogalileo.it. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  2. ^ a b c d "Collections - National Maritime Museum". collections.rmg.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  3. ^ "Horizontal String-Gnomon Dial, by David Beringer, Augsburg, 1776 (MHS Record Details: IRN 2896, Inventory number 40334)". Museum of the History of Science. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  4. ^ Michel, Henri (1967). Instruments des sciences dans l'art et l'histoire. Viking Press. p. 161.
  5. ^ Pizzamiglio, Pier Luigi. Orologi solari da usare e da leggere: rassegna degli scritti e degli strumenti di gnomonica conservati nella Biblioteca" Carlo Viganò" e nella Collezione" Alberto Viganò". La scuola, 2004. p112


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