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THE POLYTECHNIC SCHOOLS IN GERMANY IN 19TH CENTURY
THE POLYTECHNIC SCHOOLS IN GERMANY IN 19TH CENTURY

Author(s): Danilo Capecchi, Giuseppe Ruta
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, History of Education
Published by: Scientia Socialis, UAB
Keywords: History of universities; Polytechnics; History of engineering
Summary/Abstract: We present a short history of polytechnic schools, with main reference to Germany. We devote particular attention on the Karlsruher Polytechnikum, organized university-like. On the basis of some original archive documents, we draw some conclusions on the German higher technical schools.