Theodor Scheimpflug

Theodor Scheimpflug was an inventor interested in aerial photography, and an officer in the Austrian army.

Scheimpflug came from a distinguished & scholarly Austrian family; he studied at the Vienna Gymnasium and the Marine-Akademie in Fiume, then went into the Navy. Later he was affiliated with the Austrian Militärgeographische Institut.

In 1907 published "Die herstellung von Karten und Plänen auf photographischen Wege".

Patents whose inventor or applicant is Theodor Scheimpflug

• Patent AT-1903-31973 (English title: Procedure for producing accurate layer-maps: maps and military plans of the ground from kite or balloon photographs, as well as artificial photographics from aboard a ship, Filing date: 1903-10-23)
• Patent AT-1903-20467 (English title: Apparatus for activating a mechanism held aloft by kite or captive balloon, Filing date: 1903-11-12)
• Patent DE-1908-222386 (English title: Procedure for producing accurate layer-maps from photographs, Supplementary to patent: Patent AT-1903-31973, Filing date: 1908-01-30)

Publications by or about Theodor Scheimpflug

• Scheimpflug, 1904, Ueber Drachenverwendung zur See (1) (Simple title: About Dragon Use at Sea (1), Journal: Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens)
• Scheimpflug, 1904, Ueber Drachenverwendung zur See (2) (Simple title: About kite use at sea (2), Journal: Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens)
• Scheimpflug, 1904, Ueber Oesterreichische Versuche, Drachenphotogramme zu erhalten und kartographisch zu verwerten, und deren bisherige Resultate (Simple title: On Austrian attempts to obtain and cartographically use dragon photograms and their previous results, Journal: Ill. Aër. Mitt.)
• Scheimpflug and Nimführ, 1905, Zur Stabilitätstheorie der Drachen (Simple title: Towards a theory of kite stability, Journal: Ill. Aër. Mitt.)
• Scheimpflug, 1907, Photogrammétrie du ballon (Simple title: Photogrammetry of the balloon, Journal: Proc. Ver. Séances et Mém. Cinq. Conf. Comm. Int. Aér. Scien.)
• Scheimpflug, 1908, Ergebnis der Arbeiten 1907 zur Terrainaufnahme von Ballon. ('Helios.') (Simple title: Result of the work in 1907 for terrain recording of balloon. ( 'Helios.'), Journal: Wien. Luftsch. Zeit.)
• Scheimpflug, 1912, Das Verfahren Theodor Scheimpflug für aerophotogrammetrische Landesaufnahme (Simple title: Theodor Scheimpflug procedure for aerophotogrammetric land survey, Journal: Öst. Flug-Zeit.)
• Berger, 1913, Hauptmann Theodor Scheimpflugs Aerophotogrammetrie (Simple title: Captain Theodor Scheimpflug's aerophotogrammetry, Journal: Öst. Flug-Zeits.)
• Scheimpflug, 1913, Enthüllung der Gedenktafel für weiland Hauptmann Th. Scheimpflug (Simple title: Unveiling of the plaque for Weiland Hauptmann Th. Scheimpflug, Journal: Öst. Flug-Zeit.)
• Theodor Scheimpflug Festschrift, 1956 (Simple title: Theodor Scheimpflug Festschrift)

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Names	Theodor Scheimpflug
Birth date	October 7, 1865
Death date	August 22, 1911
Countries	AT
Locations	Vienna
Occupations	military officer
Tech areas	Photography, Balloon, Kite, Military
Affiliations	Militärgeographische Institut
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