On June 1st, we had a day to work on our SREF projects. We were tasked with finding places around the city that would be interesting to someone else doing a study abroad program similar to ours about the history of science and technology.
The first place that I went was the Stadtmuseum. There were plaques talking about the armor, various weapons, and briefly about Count Rumford's theory of heat transfer.
The suit of armor shown above is called Maximilian Armor and is believed to have come from the royal armory. This tournament armor made around 1515 had a hook on its right side for resting the lance on. The plaques describe the different details of the armor like the shoulder board with crimped edges around the neck and the specific style of footwear. The other armor in the pictures were meant to be worn over chainmail by guards on the city watch. The black armor shown below would have been worn by the troop leader in 1570.
After that, I went to the Beir Oktoberfest Museum. Where I learned about the science behind the brewing process in Germany. I was also interested in seeing Professor Carl Linde's Ice machine and his pattent for it from 1879 (shown below).
Grace Semaan: Hi Jesse, this museum looks really cool! The different suits of armor and their meanings were very interesting to learn about. Did the museum say at all what time period they started in? I’m just curious as to how long ago these technologies developed and when everything really kick started in Germany. The spear heads and the tale of the 66 point buck was also really cool to learn about!
ReplyDeleteI think that the armory museum looks very interesting. I like how they displayed armor from the 1515 and how it was designed to protect and also make it easier to carry weapons.
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