1.01 Izvirni znanstveni članek
UDK 629.553(091):929Gruber G.

Stanislav Južnič: Plovba proti toku. Časopis za zgodovino in narodopisje, Maribor 78=43(2007), 2-3, str. 5-36

Posegamo med zanimive, doslej malo znane okoliščine Gruberjeve izdelave modela strojne ladje za plovbo proti toku. Objavljamo poročilo o njegovih začetnih poskusih v habsburški monarhiji, vzporednih zgodnjim uspehom Francozov, Američanov in Angležev. Gruberjev model primerjamo z dosežki njegovih sodobnikov. Ugotavljamo, da je Jurij Vega zapustil službo pri Gruberju na reki Muri sredi pogajanj o poskusih s strojno ladjo. Skušamo oceniti, zakaj so Gruberjeva prizadevanja tako hitro potonila v pozabo po smrti Marije Terezije.

1.01 Original Scietific Article
UDC 629.553(091):929Gruber G.

Stanislav Južnič: Upstream Navigation. Review for History and Ethnography, Maribor 78=43(2007), 2-3, pp. 5-36

Gruber and his staffbuilt the model of the "machine ship" in 1779/1780. The manu¬scripts concerning their ship are discussed for the first time. Vega left the job under Gruber's supervision during the negotiations for the "machine boat" experiments. Gruber's model of the "machine ship" was comparable with the contemporary achieve¬ments in France, England and even in the newly established USA. Some rough guesses about the reasons why Gruber's pioneering work went into oblivion so quickly after the death of the Empress Maria Therese were put forward.