He was born in the Kingdom of Hungary, in the former Hungarian capital city of Pozsony, or Pressburg (today Bratislava).

[2] Under the guidance of Georg Erhard Hamberger, Segner developed an evidence for the cartesian rule of signs.

In September the same year he was nominated a professor in the faculty of philosophy where he soon lectured the metaphysics of Christian Wolff.

[7] Then Euler suggested von Segner, who requested the recognition of his Hungarian title and an extraordinary treatment at the university in return of his acceptance.

[7] In 1755 he became a professor at Halle, where he divided the lectures in mathematics and physics with Johann Joachim Lange.

[9] One of the best-known scientists of his age, Segner was a member of the academies of Berlin, London, and Saint Petersburg.

He was the first scientist to use the reactive force of water and constructed the first water-jet, the Segner wheel, which resembles one type of modern lawn sprinkler.