Education
He then studied physics at the University of Vienna and received the doctor"s degree.
He then studied physics at the University of Vienna and received the doctor"s degree.
Foreign a time he acted as professor of physics at Kalocsa and Kalksburg. In 1877 he was obliged to leave the order, for health reasons. After entering the Central Institute as volunteer in October, 1878, Pernter became assistant in 1880, and adjunct in 1884.
In 1885 he also began to act as a privatdozent at the university.
In 1890 he was called to the University of Innsbruck in the capacity of extraordinary professor, and in 1893 was appointed ordinary professor of cosmic physics. In 1897 Pernter became professor at the University of Vienna, and director of the Central Meteorological Institute.
He reorganized the institute and extended it considerably, increasing the staff from fifteen to thirty-one. He made it possible for the institute to take part in balloon ascents for scientific purposes.
A laboratory, a printing office, a reading room, et cetera, were added, also a bureau for seismic observations.
Instruments for recording earth tremors were set up, and the institute supervised the network of stations for the study of earthquakes, its name being changed to "Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik". Pernter was also one of the founders of the "Leo-Gesellschaft" in Vienna and of the branch at Innsbruck.