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The Diaries of Hermann Ludwig von Lowenstern
Hermann Ludwig von Löwenstern (1777-1836), as a younger son of the landed gentry in Estonia, had no prospects of being given an estate, i.e. a means of livelihood in his homeland. Therefore, at the age of 15 he entered Russian naval service. In 1797 while in England, he began keeping detailed diaries during the English sailors' revolt and continued them until leaving the Russian navy in 1815 to marry and take over estates in Estonia. From England in 1799, he sailed to Gibraltar, Sicily, Greece,
Napoleonic Era Diary
Hermann Ludwig von Lowenstern (1777-1836), as a younger son of the landed gentry in Estonia, had no prospects of being given an estate, i.e. a means of livelihood in his homeland. Therefore, at the age of 15 he entered Russian naval service. In 1797 while in England, he began keeping detailed diaries during the English sailors' revolt and continued them until leaving the Russian navy in 1815 to marry and take over estates in Estonia. From England in 1799, he sailed to Gibraltar, Sicily, Greece, Turkey, and the Crimea.He describes how the Russians saved Turkish sailors in Palermo and suggests that the Russians might have caught Napoleon fleeing Egypt if the Russian admiral had acted. In 1801,...
Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand Von Helmholtz
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XX HELMHOLTZ IN BERLIN--CLOSING YEARS AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS T ELMHOLTZ devoted much time and atten * A tion to the affairs of the Technical Institute during the last few years of his life. He was much esteemed and revered by the staff, whose reward was, as one of them said, a kind glance, or a pressure of the hand, or a word of appreciation from the master. His great mental gifts, his splendid record of work accomplished, and a certain nobility of nature...
