engineering

Vesterbro Pharmacy

Vesterbro Pharmacy is a engineering 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 Vesterbro Pharmacy rather than just read about it. In short: Vesterbro Pharmacy (Danish: Vesterbro Apotek) operated from 1795 to 1992 in the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Its former buildings on Vesterbrogade, one facing the street and two in the courtyard on the rear, were listed in 1972; all three date from the second half of the 19th century.

Key takeaways

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Reproduce the core statement of Vesterbro Pharmacy from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Vesterbro Pharmacy (Danish: Vesterbro Apotek) operated from 1795 to 1992 in the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Its former buildings on Vesterbrogade, one facing the street and two in the courtyard on the rear, were listed in 1972; all three date from the second half of the 19th century. Two other, still active pharmacies are found in the Vesterbro area. One of them, Steno Apotek, is located on the same street Vesterbrogade 6C, across the street from Copenhagen Central Station. The other, Enghave Apotek, is located at the corner of Enghavevej and Enghave Plads.

History

The first building

The pharmacy was founded on 16 January 1795 by the chemist Johan Gottlieb Blau. It was then located on the other side of Vesterbrogade, approximately where Oehnschlægergade runs today. Blau would later also opene Gammeltorv Pharmacy, next to the city hall, on the corner of Nytorv and Frederiksborggade. In 10 November 1797, Vesterbro Pharmacy was taken over by Wolfgang Andreas Resch. On 16 November 1802, it changed hands again when it was taken over by Jacob Møller.

The second building

The pharmacy moved to its current site in 1826. A new building was constructed there in 1854 to design by Peter Heinrich Christoph Hagemann. It was later expanded with a laboratory building to the rear by Peter Christian Bønecke in 1884. The pharmacy was for a while known as Ørne Apotek (lit. 'Eagles Pharmacy'). The building was listed in 1971. The pharmacy closed on 29 February 1992.

Current use

The owners of the high-profile cocktail bar Ruby on Gammel Strand opened the cocktail bar Lidkoeb in the former laboratory in the courtyard building (Vesterbrogade 72B) in November 2012. The ground floor of the building facing the street was converted into a Halifax burger restaurant in 2014–15. The transformation was undertaken by Over Byen Arkitekter.

List of chemists The chemists were:

16.01.1795 - xx.xx.1796 Johan Gottlieb Blau 10.11.1797 - xx.xx.1802 Wolfgang Andreas Resch 16.11.1802 - 31.10.1805 Jacob Møller 10.01.1806 - 30.09.1810 Jens Iskow Thaning 04.12.1810 - 14.03.1829 Niels Møller 14.03.1829 - 30.04.1832 Martha Cathrine f. Sorterup En 10.07.1832 - 31.12.1863 Anders Madsen 19.03.1864 - 17.06.1919 Hans Peter Madsen 05.12.1912 - 09.02.1921 Erik Høst-Madsen (as co-owner) 09.02.1921 - 30.09.1948 Erik Høst Madsen (as solo owner) 15.09.1948 - 31.10.1965 Carl Richard Neergaard Jacobsen 09.10.1965 Ole Frederik Carl Olsen(Bevilling ikke benyttet) 01.11.1965 - 30.06.1966 Drevet af Apotekerfonden 25.04.1966 - 28.02.1992 Sven-Erik Sandermann Olsen

See also Listed buildings in Copenhagen Municipality

References

External links Images Hans Peter Madsen Jacob Møller Jacob Møller Møller family

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Vesterbro Pharmacy

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Vesterbro Pharmacy claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, 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

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Vesterbro Pharmacy before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Vesterbro Pharmacy 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 Vesterbro Pharmacy

In research: Vesterbro Pharmacy appears in engineering 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 Vesterbro Pharmacy 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: Vesterbro Pharmacy is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1850s architecture in Denmark, 1992 disestablishments in Denmark, Buildings and structures completed in 1854, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Vesterbro Pharmacy 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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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Vesterbro Pharmacy matter?

Because it connects several engineering 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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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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