Georg Franz August Graf von Buquoy (1781–1851) was a Bohemia

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n aristocrat

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, mathematician

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, and inventor. He studied mathematics

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, natural science

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, philosophy

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, and economics

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 at the Prague

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 and Vienna

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 universities. In 1810 he constructed an early steam engine. Most of all, he was engaged in the glass works in Nové Hrady

Nové Hrady

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 region. On the basis of many experiments he succeeded in inventing an original process technology of a black opaque glass called hyalite

Hyalite

Hyalite is a form of opal with a glassy and clear appearance which exhibits an internal play of colors and has natural inclusions. It is also called Muller's glass, water opal and jalite. Its Mohs hardness is 5.5 to 6 and it has a specific gravity of 2.1. It is an amorphous form of silica . Its...

 (1817), as well as completing the production process for red hyalite (1819).

External links

• Short biography
• nice, but in Czech language :cs:Buquoyové