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Professoren als Gutachter für die Kälteindustrie 1870–1930. Ein Beitrag zum Verhältnis von Hochschule und Industrie in Deutschland
Author(s) -
Dienel HansLuidger
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
berichte zur wissenschaftsgeschichte
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.109
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1522-2365
pISSN - 0170-6233
DOI - 10.1002/bewi.19930160208
Subject(s) - german , management , political science , government (linguistics) , engineering , investment (military) , humanities , philosophy , economics , law , linguistics , politics
German professors at Polytechnic Institutes (Technische Hochschulen) were successfully consulting refrigeration industry after 1870. Besides of the tremendous output of graduates and of the results of scientific research itself, the expertise was a third important function of Polytechnic Institutes for the industrial development in Germany. The article analyzes the functions of consulting for industry by presenting five types of expertise: Expertise in behalf of the government, expertise for patent‐cases, expertise as machine‐description and test, expertise for the acceptance of machines, and expertise for investment‐credits. Carl von Linde, Moritz Schröter, Hans Lorenz Theodor Ganzenmüller and Rudolf Plank are examined as case studies. The article argues that German Professors could fulfill this highly demanded function because they were accepted both as competent and neutral.