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Johann Silberschlag

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Johann Esais Silberschlag (1721 – 1791), born in Aschersleben, Germany, was a theologian and natural scientist. He was an external member of the Academy of Sciences in Berlin in 1760, Privy Councillor in the newly founded Office for Public Works, Section of Mechanical Engineering and Hydraulic Engineering. In 1780 Silberschlag observed and described the Brocken bow (also called Brocken spectre). In his book Geonetics or Explanation of the Mosaic Creation according to Physical and Mathematical Foundations (Geogonie oder Erklärung der mosaischen Erderschaffung nach physikalischen und mathematischen Grundlagen) he tried to reconcile theology and science.

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