Program - Symposium on Scientific Mathematical Instruments

Symposium Program

Monday, November 3, 2025

Time Speaker(s) Title
09:15 Prof. Dr. Ina Prinz & Dr. Roberto Ferrari Arithmeum, Bonn & Museo Galileo, Florence Welcome & Introduction
Section I
09:45 Dr. Michael KoreyMathematisch-Physikalischer Salon, Dresden A Heavenly Calculator at the Princely Court: The Digital Re-animation of a War-Damaged Renaissance Equatorium
10:30 Prof. Dr. Stephan HeldResearch Institute for Discrete Mathematics, Bonn Modern Calculating Instruments: How to Preserve Microprocessors for the Future?
10:45 - 11:00    |    Coffee Break
11:00 Dr. Susanne ThürigenGermanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg „WAN ICH BIN EIN GESCHENCKH VOL. SO ZAIG ICH DIE STUNDT GOR WOL. BIN ABER LEHR. SO DUE ICHS NIT MEHR“ – Markus Purmann’s scaphe dial at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum
11:45 Thierry JaquemetBeyer Clock and Watch Museum, Zurich Between Cultural Objects and Scientific Instruments: Timekeepers at the Beyer Clock and Watch Museum
12:30 - 13:15    |    Lunch Break
Section II
13:15 Dipl.-Ing. Luise Allendorf-HoeferDeutsches Museum, Munich Example for Multiplication in Analogue Electronics – as Common as Tricky
13:30 Simona CasonatoMuseo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia, Milan Hidden Protagonists: A Pascaline Replica and its Makers in 1960s Italy
14:15 Dr. Maciej KluzaJagiellonian University Museum, Kraków Slonimski Adding Device – One Object, Many Stories
15:00 - 15:15    |    Coffee Break
15:15 Prof. Dr. Patrick RoccaArithmeum, Bonn An Astonishing Object still in Private Hands: The Sundial Quadrant and Trient signed by Christoph Schissler (Augsburg, 1569)
16:00 Teresa NovyMuseum für Franken, Würzburg Constructing Order: Neumann’s Proportional Sector and his Architecture

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Time Speaker(s) Title
Section III
09:00 Dr. Karsten GaulkeAstronomisch-Physikalisches Kabinett, Kassel The Calculation Globe of Landgraf Wilhelm IV. of Hesse-Kassel (1532-1592)
09:45 Dr. Cyrille FoassoMusée des Arts et Métiers, Paris The Planimeter and Other Instruments of the Strange Mr. Ernst
10:30 - 10:45    |    Coffee Break
10:45 Giorgio Strano / Gaia CuginiMuseo Galileo, Florence Egnazio Danti’s Instrumentum primi mobilis and the Sinical Quadrant
11:30 Prof. Dr. Ina PrinzArithmeum, Bonn Johann Jacob Sauter – Clockmaker and Calculating Machine Inventor
12:15 - 13:30    |    Lunch Break
Section IV
13:30 Christel Schollaardt / Tiemen CocquytRijksmuseum Boerhaave, Leiden [To be announced]
14:15 Eva KudraßDeutsches Technikmuseum, Berlin Restoration and Documentation Project on Konrad Zuse's Z1 Replica
15:00 - 15:15    |    Coffee Break
15:15 Joshua GormanCollection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard Toward an ethical stewardship of instrument collections
16:00 Johannes KaminskiArithmeum, Bonn Historical Books and Original Objects
16:45 Closing Discussion / Outlook

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Time Event
10:00 Commemoration Session
A memorial session to honor Professor Korte’s lifelong dedication to mathematics and all facets of its history.
12:00    |    Lunch Reception