Werner von Siemens, 1816-1892 : a biography /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bähr, Johannes (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Munich : C.H. Beck, [2017]
Temas:
Siemens, Werner von, > 1816-1892.
1800-1899
Electrical engineers > Germany > Biography.
Businesspeople > Germany > History > 19th century.
Electrical engineering > Germany > History > 19th century.
Business enterprises > Germany > History > 19th century.
Ingénieurs électriciens > Allemagne > Biographies.
Gens d'affaires > Allemagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Génie électrique > Allemagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Entreprises > Allemagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Business.
Business enterprises.
Businesspeople.
Electrical engineering.
Electrical engineers.
Germany.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • About the Book
  • About the Author
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Origins, childhood, and youth
  • A family with a bourgeois heritage
  • Idyllic childhood and troubled youth
  • School years
  • Chapter 2 Setting the course early on
  • The young lieutenant
  • The tragedy of Menzendorf
  • Separate paths for the orphans
  • Chapter 3 "The damned money"
  • Initial experiments
  • "Invention speculation"
  • Legal guardian for three brothers
  • Chapter 4 "Halske's Workshop"
  • To bet it all
  • The first Siemens pointer telegraph
  • The founding of the company
  • Chapter 5 Telegraph lines for Prussia
  • In times of revolution and war
  • The first long-distance lines
  • Unsuccessful abroad
  • The "Nottebohm crisis"
  • Chapter 6 "Family genius"
  • The band of brothers
  • Achieving love through reason
  • Marriage and a move
  • Russia or France?
  • Crimean War boom
  • Chapter 7 In the shadows
  • Mathilde's illness
  • In search of new fields of business
  • Difficult beginnings in London
  • Mathilde's death
  • Chapter 8 "Headed for a great time"
  • "For a unified and powerful Germany"
  • A new love
  • The dynamo machine
  • To fade away or globalize
  • Chapter 9 Megaprojects
  • The Indo-European Telegraph Line
  • Private business and family matters
  • Transatlantic cables
  • Siemens Brothers & Co. Ltd.
  • Chapter 10 At the zenith
  • The businessman and his principles
  • Lobbyist for patent protection
  • Family life with Antonie
  • New times: Telephones and electric lighting
  • The first electric railways
  • Chapter 11 "To sustain the position achieved"
  • Challenged by the Edison system
  • Berlin versus London
  • The transition to a major enterprise
  • Chapter 12 The legacy
  • The next generation
  • A promoter of research
  • Ennobled against his will
  • The final years
  • Focused and determined in a time of change
  • a summary
  • Appendices
  • Notes
  • Primary sources and bibliography
  • Image credits
  • Index of names
  • Index of places

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