Gabriel Gruber
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Gabriel Gruber, SJ was an Austrian Jesuit and polymath of Slovenian descent. Aside from his classical formation for the priesthood, his interests ranged across agriculture, architecture, astronomy, engineering, hydrology, physics, chemistry and art.
The Gruber canal
Kaiser Karl der Sechste, Gruber's battleship model, the Maritime Museum, Piran
The Jesuit College in Polotsk, a famous academy of technical science
Leoben
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Leoben is a Styrian city in central Austria, located on the Mur river. With a population in 2023 of about 25,140 it is a local industrial centre and hosts the University of Leoben, which specialises in mining. The Peace of Leoben, an armistice between Austria and France preliminary to the Treaty of Campo Formio, was signed in Leoben in 1797.
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