Siemens
['siːmənz] or ['simənz]
Definition
(noun.) German electrical engineer (1816-1892).
(noun.) engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and who moved to England (1823-1883).
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Examples
- Charles Wheatstone of England, and Dr. Siemens of Berlin, and Ladd of America. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Siemens in the provisional specification of his British patent No. 2,064, of 1857, but it does not seem at that time to have been carried out with any practical result. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I always wished I could have understood Siemens's explanations of the points of those stories. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The first electrical railway was constructed and operated at Berlin in 1879, by Messrs Siemens and Halske. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Siemens had in operation a road about one thousand six hundred feet in length, on which it is estimated ninety-five thousand passengers were conveyed in seven weeks. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Siemens, Farmer, Brush, Maxim, Westinghouse, Edison, Swan, Lane--Fox and Others. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Sir William Siemens had said that the power of all the coal raised in the world would barely represent the power of Niagara. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Siemens would quickly, in German, explain the point, but Helmholtz could not see it, although he understood English, which Siemens could speak. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Siemens describes principle of Self Intensification of Cold (now used in ice and liquid air machines). Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Werner Siemens, at Berlin, in 1879, an illustration of which is given in Fig. 33. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Siemens’ patent also was the first embodiment of what is known as the bobbin armature. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- These instruments have been modified and improved by Brequet and Froment of France, Dr. Siemens and Kramer, and Siemens and Halske of Germany, Prof. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Other early inventors were Hart of Scotland, Siemens of Germany, Thompson and Houston of England, and Farmer, Brush, Wallace, Maxim, and Weston and Westinghouse of America. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Siemens was very fond of these stories and would laugh immensely at them, and could see the points and the humor, by his imagination; but Helmholtz could not see one of them. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Siemens and H?pfer of Germany; Prof Sarnstrom and Akerman of Sweden; Turner of Austria; and Holley, Slade, Blair, Jones, Sellers, Clapp, Griffiths and Eames of the United States. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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