Ernst Werner Von Siemens Facts
Ernst Werner Von Siemens Facts
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| Interesting Ernst Werner Von Siemens Facts: |
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| Siemens was born in Lenthe, Germany and was the 4th of 14 children. |
| Since his father was a tenant farmer and could not afford the tuition to a university, Siemens joined the Prussian Military Academy's school of Engineering in 1835. |
| He was a good soldier and received several medals. |
| While in the Army he invented an electric sea mine which was used against a Danish blockade of Kiel. |
| His first invention was an improvement to the gold and silver plating process the rights to which he sold to Elkington of Birmingham in 1843. |
| Siemens invented a telegraph that used a needle to point to the letters rather than using the old system of Morse code. |
| The invention was successful and he founded his company, Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siements and Halske on 1 October 1847. |
| The company was international from the earliest days with his brother, Werner, representing the company in England and his brother,Carl, opening a branch in St. Petersburg. |
| In 1880 Siemens he built the first electric elevator. |
| His company made the tubes for Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen's experiments with X-rays. |
| On 14 December 1877 he received a German patent for a moving coil inductor which the Bell company later used in a loudspeaker. |
| He was the inventor of the electric trollybus which was first tested on 29 April 1882. |
| He received 4 U.S. patents for various inventions for the electric railway and one in May 1890 for an electric meter. |
| Siemens retired in 1890 and died in 1892. |
| Siemens AG is one of the largest technological firms in the world and the von Siemens family still owns 6% of the shares and holds a seat on the Board. |
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