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Sammlung 3D – eine C-35 im Zürcher Windkanal

28. January 20257. June 2023 Dorothea Regula Zimmermann, Roberta Flora Spano

Dieses Flugzeugmodell stammt aus dem ehemaligen Institut für Aerodynamik. Rund 430 Objekte, darunter weitere Flugzeugmodelle und andere aerodynamischen Forschungsmodelle, wurden 2019 an die Sammlung wissenschaftlicher Instrumente und Lehrmittel übergeben. Viele dieser Objekte wurden entweder im grossen Windkanal oder im Überschallkanal, für den das Institut weltweite … Read more

3D Collection – Wild Heerbrugg’s First Theodolite

7. October 202424. 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

The threads of the aurora and isochasms

9. December 202124. November 2017 Meda Diana Hotea

Few natural phenomena are as spectacular to the observer as the aurora with its arcs of light. While it was known in antiquity as band of fire, beam or opening, metaphorical expressions prevailed in the Middle Ages such as fiery lances or burning red. It is now

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

How much Switzerland is there in San Francisco? – structural engineer O. H. Ammann and the Golden Gate Bridge

9. December 20216. April 2012 Monica Bussmann

It is a well known story that Swiss-born Johann August Sutter founded a colony by the name of New Helvetia in California in the mid-19^th century. It is less well known that another Swiss citizen was essential to the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco’s famous landmark that celebrated its 75^th birthday in 2012.