Werner von Siemens: Quick Facts


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Also Known As Ernst Werner von Siemens
Born December 13, 1816 • Germany
Died December 6, 1892 (aged 75) • London • England
Founder Siemens AG
Inventions self-excited generator

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Edward Weston
Edward Weston
British-born American engineer and industrialist
Sir William Siemens, engraving after a portrait by Rudolf Lehmann
Sir William Siemens
German-born English engineer and inventor
Gottlieb Daimler
Gottlieb Daimler
German engineer and inventor
Willis Carrier
Willis Carrier
American inventor
Watch a silent short of Thomas Edison, who invented the phonograph and incandescent electric light
Thomas Edison
American inventor
Portrait of Alexander Graham Bell with white hair and beard, wearing a suit and patterned tie, looking directly at the camera.
Alexander Graham Bell
British-American inventor
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi
Italian physicist
James Watt
James Watt
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William P. Lear
American engineer and industrialist
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Harry Nyquist
American physicist
Arkwright, detail of an engraving by J. Jenkins after a portrait by Joseph Wright
Sir Richard Arkwright
British industrialist and inventor
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Charles Chubb
British inventor
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Joseph Slepian
American electrical engineer and mathematician
Charles Wheatstone
Sir Charles Wheatstone
British physicist
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Sir William Fothergill Cooke
British inventor
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Edward Davy
British inventor
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Elisha King Root
American inventor, engineer, and manufacturer
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Konrad Zuse
German engineer
Charles Steinmetz.
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
American engineer
John A. Roebling
John Augustus Roebling
German-born American engineer