Friedrich August Nauck (1855–1913) – Graduate of Riga Polytechnicum, Initiator of Control-Ticket Printing in Riga

Ilze Gudro,Alīda Zigmunde

doi:10.7250/hesihe.2020.005

Abstract

A graduate of Riga Polytechnicum (RP) (1878), Friedrich August Nauck (1855–1913) was a son of the first director of RP, Ernst Nauck (1819– 1875), an engineer, the initiator of public transport and various entrance control-ticket printing in Riga. The aim of the research is to reflect the activities of F. A. Nauck’s Printing House and the beginnings of control-ticket printing, identifying control-tickets that have survived to the present day in various archives and museum collections. The Printing House established by F. A. Nauck in 1888, in Riga, operated until 1939. The engineer invented various devices for a successful operation of the Printing House. F. A. Nauck was an active member of Riga Technical and Riga Craft Society, he presented reports on various topics and was one of the directors of the Riga Horse Railway Society (1885–1889). In the research, great attention is payed to the family of F. A. Nauck and its descendants to the present day.

Highlights

About the most famous representative of the Nauck Family – the first Director of Riga Polytechnicum (RP) E
Nauck – who came to Riga from Prussia in 1862, several studies has undergone. They were performed by Professor of the Riga Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Konstantīns Kreišmanis (1907–1996), historian of sciences Ilgars Grosvalds (1927–2019), as well as one of the
Nauck and a graduate of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of RPI, whose contribution to the printing of control-tickets is evaluated in this article

Summary

Introduction

About the most famous representative of the Nauck Family – the first Director of RP E. A. Nauck told the Riga Technical Society about his own ticket printing machine, demonstrating it. In December 1899, at the evening of discussions at the Riga Technical Society, the engineer reported on the drying equipment. The engineer did most of his research in order to develop his companies – to establish a printing house, as well as to improve the steam mill equipment for flour production. The history of modern public transport, as well as control-tickets, is inconceivable without the Printing House founded by Friedrich August Nauck, a graduate of the Department of RP. Nauck mentioned this company in his report at the evening of discussions of the Riga Technical Society, as well as talked about the production and reproduction of photographs [28].

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