Adolf Andreevich Agte ( German: Hermann Adolf von Agthe ; 1775 - 1832 ) - Russian mining engineer , inventor , creator of a new method for the production of gold and silver [1] .
| Adolf Andreevich Agte | ||||
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| him. Hermann Adolf von Agthe | ||||
| Date of Birth | 1775 | |||
| Place of Birth | Arensburg | |||
| Date of death | 1832 | |||
| Place of death | Yekaterinburg | |||
| Nationality |  Russian empire | |||
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Biography
Born in 1775 in the town of Ahrensburg (now the Estonian city of Kuressaare on the island of Saaremaa ). Came from the German noble family Agte . His father, Johann Andreas Agte, moved to the Russian Empire from German Saxony in the middle of the XVIII century and got a civil service [2] .
Adolf Agte entered the Mining College in St. Petersburg [2] . He graduated from the course at the age of 19 years. May 1, 1795 promoted to the master of the 13th class, and June 10, 1799 - in the berg-geshvoren . In 1795, Agte was assigned to the staff of the Nerchinsk factories and there he was made the caretaker of the Shilkinsky mines, and since 1798 - the manager of these mines and plants [3] . In 1799, he was entrusted with the delivery of silver to St. Petersburg. In 1800, upon returning from a trip to the capital, he was appointed manager of the Kutomar and Catherine factories in the Urals [3] .
In 1802, he was appointed to the place of the chief Bergprobeirer of the Yekaterinburg mountain authorities in the first department. In 1807, after the abolition of the department, Agte was appointed assistant mining director of the Yekaterinburg factories with the head of the laboratory and amalgam production. He achieved an improvement in the method of smelting gold, due to which he managed to significantly save metal. In addition, Agte improved the process of extracting small particles of gold from ore [3] . He was the author of amalgam production projects in Yekaterinburg [4] . Agte’s innovative ideas brought significant benefits to the treasury, and in 1816 he received an award of 5,000 rubles [3] .
In 1825, Agte was sent to the Zlatoust factories to analyze the claims of foreign gunsmiths who worked at the Zlatoust factory. He discovered facts of numerous abuses there, after which the local boss S.P. Tatarinov was fired, and in 1826 Agte was appointed in his place (that is, the mining director of the Zlatoust plants and the head of the Zlatoust weapons factory) [3] . Agte enjoyed a reputation as a good specialist and organizer [4] . He made improvements to the design of gold-washing machines. Agte was the first to introduce rotating barrels for grinding gold sands, which for a long time were called " Agtev barrels " for a long time. For this invention he received in 1830 an award of 6,000 rubles. In 1831, Agte was transferred by the Berg inspector to Yekaterinburg [3] .
Agte was a member of the Yekaterinburg Mining Scientific Society (1825) and the Society of Naturalists at Moscow University [4] .
Adolf Andreyevich Agte died in Yekaterinburg on April 13, 1832 [2] .
Rewards
Orders: [3]
- St. Anne of the 2nd degree ( 1825 );
- St. Vladimir 4th degree ( 1825 );
- St. Vladimir 3rd degree ( 1828 ).
Notes
- ↑ Kozlov A. G. Creators of science and technology in the Urals, XVII-early XX centuries: Biographical reference book. - The Middle Ural Book Publishing House, 1981. - S. 7.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Agte V.S. Ural mining engineer Adolf Andreevich Agte. . ugo10.ucoz.ru. Date of treatment May 23, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Agte, Adolf Andreyevich // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Karev V.M. Germans of Russia: AI. - ERN, 1999.