| Adolf Brix | |
| Birth Date: | 20 February 1798 |
| Birth Place: | Wesel, Kingdom of Prussia |
| Birth Name: | Adolf Ferdinand Wenceslaus Brix |
| Death Place: | German |
| Occupation: | Mathematician, engineer |
Adolf Ferdinand Wenceslaus Brix (20 February 1798 - 14 February 1870) was a German mathematician and engineer.[1] The unit for specific gravity of liquids, degree Brix (°Bx), is named after him.
Brix made a career as a civil servant in professions related to civil engineering, measurements and manufacture (1827 Bauconducteur, 1834 Fabriken-Commisionsrath, 1853 geheimer Regierungsrath) and retired in 1866 (when he was promoted to geheimer Oberregierungsrath). He was director of the Royal Prussian Commission for Measurements, member of a technical committee in the Ministry of Trade, and the technical building committee. He was also a teacher of applied mathematics at Gewerbeinstitut zu Berlin (1828 - 1850), as well as in higher analysis and applied mathematics at the Bauakademie, both of which are forerunners of Technische Universität Berlin.
He participated in many public works in Berlin and Potsdam.