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Czapek
Czapek may refer to: People * Elisabeth Czapek (1860–1949), Swedish miniature painter * Franciszek Czapek (1811–1895), Polish watchmaker, founder of Czapek & Cie * Friedrich Czapek (1868–1921), Czech botanist who developed Czapek medium * Leopold Eustachius Czapek (1792–1840), Czech-Austrian pianist and composer Other uses * Czapek & Cie Czapek & Cie. is a Swiss watch brand named after the Polish watchmaker François Czapek. François Czapek Franciszek Czapek was a Czech-born, Polish master watchmaker who arrived in Geneva, Switzerland in May 1832. Soon after, he Francization, ..., a watch company * Czapek medium, a medium for growing fungi in a lab See also * * Čapek, a surname {{disambig, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Czapek
Czapek medium, also called Czapek's agar (CZA) or Czapek-Dox medium, is a growth medium for propagating fungi and other organisms in a laboratory. It was named after its inventors, Czech botanist Friedrich Johann Franz Czapek (May 16, 1868 – July 31, 1921) and American chemist Arthur Wayland Dox (September 19, 1882 – 1954). It was developed to grow ''Aspergillus niger'' and ''Penicillium camemberti''. It works well for many saprophytic fungi and soil bacteria such as species of ''Aspergillus'', '' Candida'', ''Penicillium'', and ''Paecilomyces''. Friedrich Czapek's original recipe is as follows: *1000 g distilled water *30 g cane sugar – energy source and sole source of carbon *1 g dipotassium phosphate – buffering agent *0.5 g magnesium sulfate – source of cations *0.5 g potassium chloride – source of essential ions *0.01 g iron sulfate – source of cations Arthur Wayland Dox added 2 g of sodium nitrate in his version, to prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czapek & Cie
Czapek & Cie. is a Swiss watch brand named after the Polish watchmaker François Czapek. François Czapek Franciszek Czapek was a Czech-born, Polish master watchmaker who arrived in Geneva, Switzerland in May 1832. Soon after, he Francization, gallicised his name, thus becoming ''François'' Czapek. In 1834 he created the firm Czapek & Moreau with local Swiss watchmaker Moreau, from Versoix. On October 22, 1836, François Czapek married Marie, the daughter of clock- and watchmaker Jonas Pierre François Gevril de Carouge (1777–1854). Czapek was the author of the first book on watchmaking ever published in the Polish language ''Słów kilka o Zegarmistrzowstwie ku użytku zegarmistrzów i publiczności'' ("Remarks on the watchmaking for the use of the watchmakers and the public"). The work was printed in 1850 in Leipzig. On May 1, 1839, Antoni Patek and François Czapek established a six-year partnership in Geneva under the name of Patek, Czapek & Cie. This partnership produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czapek Medium
Czapek medium, also called Czapek's agar (CZA) or Czapek-Dox medium, is a growth medium for propagating fungi and other organisms in a laboratory. It was named after its inventors, Czech botanist Friedrich Johann Franz Czapek (May 16, 1868 – July 31, 1921) and American chemist Arthur Wayland Dox (September 19, 1882 – 1954). It was developed to grow ''Aspergillus niger'' and ''Penicillium camemberti''. It works well for many saprophytic fungi and soil bacteria such as species of ''Aspergillus'', '' Candida'', ''Penicillium'', and ''Paecilomyces''. Friedrich Czapek's original recipe is as follows: *1000 g distilled water *30 g cane sugar – energy source and sole source of carbon *1 g dipotassium phosphate – buffering agent *0.5 g magnesium sulfate – source of cations *0.5 g potassium chloride – source of essential ions *0.01 g iron sulfate – source of cations Arthur Wayland Dox added 2 g of sodium nitrate in his version, to provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Czapek
Elisabeth Czapek (24 March 1860 – 21 January 1949) was a Swedish miniature painter. Life Czapek was born in Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ... in 1860. She was the daughter of Musical director Josef Czapek and Berta Augustina Haglund. From 1884 to 1892 she was studying at the Académie Julian in Paris. Her miniature paintings included Jean-Paul Marat, George I of Great Britain, Eric XIV of Sweden and Axel Oxenstierna. She died in 1949 although some sources say she died in 1928. References External links 1860 births 1949 deaths Artists from Gothenburg 19th-century Swedish painters 20th-century Swedish painters 20th-century Swedish women painters {{Sweden-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franciszek Czapek
Franciszek Czapek (, French: ''François Czapek''; 4 April 1811 – disappeared 1871) was a master watchmaker and partner of Antoni Patek in Patek, Czapek & Cie. Biography Czapek was born on 4 April 1811 in Semonice (now part of Jaroměř), Bohemia, the son of Jan Czapek and Catherine, née Walaschek. He took part in the Polish November Uprising as a soldier of the National Guard, in Warsaw. After his arrival in Geneva, Switzerland (1 July 1832) he gallicised his name, thus becoming ''François'' Czapek. In 1834 he created the firm Czapek & Moreau with local Swiss watchmaker Moreau, from Versoix. On 22 October 1836, François Czapek married Marie, the daughter of clock and watchmaker Jonas Pierre François Gevril de Carouge (1777–1854). In 1871, Czapek mysteriously disappeared. Patek, Czapek & Cie. (1839-1845) On 1 May 1839, Antoni Patek and François Czapek established a six years partnership in Geneva under the name of PATEK, CZAPEK & CIE. This partnership produced so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopold Eustachius Czapek
Leopold Eustachius Czapek (15 November 1792, Český Krumlov, Bohemia – 1840, Iliria) was an Austrian pianist and composer. He was friends with Frédéric Chopin and corresponded regularly with him. Among his own compositions is a variation on a theme, a waltz by Anton Diabelli Anton (or Antonio) Diabelli (5 September 17818 April 1858) was an Austrian music publisher, editor and composer. Best known in his time as a publisher, he is most familiar today as the composer of the waltz on which Ludwig van Beethoven wrote ..., for the '' Vaterländischer Künstlerverein''. References 1792 births 1840 deaths Composers from the Austrian Empire People from Český Krumlov {{Austria-composer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
