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Johan Samuel Augustin

Johan Samuel Augustin is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Johan Samuel Augustin rather than just read about it. In short: Johan Samuel Augustin (March 31, 1715 – April 26, 1785) was a German-Danish astronomical writer and civil servant. Life Johan Samuel Augustin was born in Oldenswort in Eiderstedt to an old Frisian family.

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Reference excerpt

Johan Samuel Augustin (March 31, 1715 – April 26, 1785) was a German-Danish astronomical writer and civil servant.

Life Johan Samuel Augustin was born in Oldenswort in Eiderstedt to an old Frisian family. When he was 2 years old his father, John. Sam. Augustin, died and was allowed by his uncle and legal guardian, Corniels Bischoff of Tetenbøl, to stay with his other uncle, Steffens Augustin, who also lived in Oldenswort. After leaving school he studied at the universities of Kiel, Jena and Leipzig. He intended to study law, but he ended up accepting a job as an information clerk. At Friedrich Wiedeburg in Leipzig, he acquired a taste for mathematics and astronomy, which he would later study with great zeal, and acquired a large library and an instrument collection (Catalogue ed. Of Erichsen). He also worked with a company involved in the release of the print Peder Paars by Johan Frederik Clemens. In 1750, he was employed as a secretary of the War Chancellery in Copenhagen, and was promoted to the First Secretary in 1757. The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences had him listed as a member in 1775. On March 21, 1781, he became a member of the Royal Danish Society of Homeland History. He died in Copenhagen unmarried as Councillor and was the first of many influential people to be buried at the Assistens Cemetery in Copenhagen (Before his burial it was a graveyard for the poor, not for influential people). His portrait is in the catalog of his collection.

Works In addition to some translations from German, he wrote: Briefe des Joaber Adaders aus der Sonne an Pyrophilus auf diet that Pyrophilaner (Published first in 1748). Moreover, as the 12th part of the Academy of Sciences writings: Om Forskjellen imellem Tycho Brahes og Picards Meridian af Uranienborg and Adskillige Steders Længde og Bredde i Norge. In 1781 and 1782 he gave several lectures: Om Tycho Brahes skrevne Observationer og deres Skæbne and Om Vejrligets besynderlige Forandringer i Januar 1782 though these were not published in print.

Sources

Holger Ehrencron-Müller, Forfatterlexikon comprising Denmark, Norway and Iceland until 1814 Lahde, Memorials, first booklet. Charles Louis Tørrisen Bugge, Danish Frimureries History, Volume 1, Copenhagen, 1910. p 155 f

External links Johan Samuel Augustin his gravestone on Gravsted.dk

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Johan Samuel Augustin

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Johan Samuel Augustin claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Johan Samuel Augustin ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Johan Samuel Augustin

In research: Johan Samuel Augustin appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Johan Samuel Augustin in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Johan Samuel Augustin is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1715 births, 1785 deaths, Danish scientists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Johan Samuel Augustin outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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What is Johan Samuel Augustin in simple terms?

Johan Samuel Augustin (March 31, 1715 – April 26, 1785) was a German-Danish astronomical writer and civil servant. Life Johan Samuel Augustin was born in Oldenswort in Eiderstedt to an old Frisian family.

Why does Johan Samuel Augustin matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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