ETH – ETHeritage

3D Collection – a C-35 in the Zurich Wind Tunnel

6. July 20237. June 2023 Dorothea Regula Zimmermann, Roberta Flora Spano

This aircraft model comes from the former Institute of Aerodynamics. Around 430 objects, including other aircraft models and other aerodynamic research models, were transferred to the collection of scientific instruments and teaching aids in 2019. Many of these objects were tested in either the large wind tunnel … Read more

Heinrich Wild, Theodolit T2, Gerätenummer 353

3D Collection – Wild Heerbrugg’s First Theodolite

6. July 202324. May 2023 Dorothea Regula Zimmermann, Roberta Flora Spano

This theodolite, called the WILD T2 universal theodolite, was purchased by ETH in 1923. This was also the year in which the Geodetic Institute was officially mentioned for the first time; this happened during the summer semester. However, geodesy and topography had already been taught … Read more

Freethinker dismissed – Hans Bernoulli on his 140th birthday

29. August 202319. February 2016 Yvonne Voegeli

A nasty Christmas surprise lurked in the letter box of Hans Bernoulli, an adjunct professor of urban design at ETH Zurich, on 24 December 1938. The President of the Swiss School Board had written to inform him that his lectureship was to end with the conclusion of the winter