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unusual facts about Augustin Ehrensvärd


Ehrensvärd

Augustin Ehrensvärd (1710–1772), Swedish military architect, a lieutenant colonel in the artillery


Strähle construction

Stråhle published his construction as a "new invention, to determine the Temperament in tuning, for the pitches of the clavichord and similar instruments" in an article that appeared in the fourth volume of the proceedings of the newly formed Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which included articles by prominent scholars and Academy members Polhem, Carl Linnaeus, Carl Fredrik Mennander, Augustin Ehrensvärd, and Samuel Klingenstierna.

Suomenlinna

The general responsibility for the fortification work was given to Augustin Ehrensvärd.

Augustin Ehrensvärd (1710–1772) and his gigantic fortification work on the islands off the town of Helsinki brought the district a new and unexpected importance.


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