Academician Alexander P. German

Abstract

Soviet mining science and the Leningrad Mining Institute suffered a heavy loss - on November 30, 1953, one of the founders of the modern Russian school of mining mechanics, Academician, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Deputy Director for Research and Head of the Department of Mining Mechanics of the Leningrad Mining Institute Alexander P. German died after a long and serious illness. A. P. German's scientific works covered almost all sections of mining mechanics. He showed the greatest interest in all complex theoretical questions and, being a brilliant analyst and a great mathematician, usually solved difficult and obscure questions of mining mechanics with talent and success. Considering numerous works of A. P. Hermann, we can conclude that his favorite field of research was technical thermodynamics or, more precisely, the application of thermodynamics to the resolution of technical issues. The works of A.P. German devoted to the theory of effective process of reciprocating compressors are of great interest and practical importance.