from Westfield, NJ
23 January 1811 • Neutitschein ( Nový Jičín )
Died:1872 • Vienna
Known for:Invention of heat pump
Peter von Rittinger " Peter Ritter von Rittinger " or " Peter von Rittinger " ( see styling variants at " Ritter " ) ( 23 January 1811 – 7 December 1872 ) was an Austrian Montanist and pioneer of mineral processing
After completion of legal studies, von Rittinger studied in the Montanist box at the Mining and Forestry Academy in Schemnitz ( Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia )....
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His seminal textbook on the field was the " Lehrbuch der Aufbereitungskunde " ( " Textbook of the Processing Art " ) of 1867....