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После отхода Werner von Siemens от руководства предприятием роль шефа Siemens and Halske взял на себя в начале 1890-х годов Carl.
Siemens (1853-1918), старший сын Werner von Siemens, взял на себя руководство наблюдательным советом фирмы Siemens and HalskeAG в 1904 году, после Carl von Siemens.
Siemens (1885-1986), внук основателя фирмы, особенно интересующийся естественно-научными и техническими постановками задач, взял на себя руководство предприятием после смерти своего дяди Carl Friedrich von Siemens в 1941 году, которое он осуществлял до 1956 года.
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 Ernst Werner von Siemens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ernst Werner von Siemens (December 13, 1816 – December 6, 1892) was a German inventor and industrialist.
Werner Siemens was born in Lenthe, near Hanover, Germany; the fourth child (of fourteen) of a tenant farmer.
Siemens invented a telegraph that used a needle to point to the right letter, instead of using Morse code.
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 Wilhelm von Siemens - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Of his siblings, Ernst Werner Siemens, the fourth child, became a famous electrician and was associated with William in many of his inventions.
On July 23, 1859, Siemens was married at St. James's, Paddington, to Anne, the youngest daughter of Mr.
Siemens had been trained as a mechanical engineer, and his most important work at this early stage was non-electrical; the greatest achievement of his life, the regenerative furnace, was non-electrical.
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Werner von Siemens had invented a telegraph that did not use Morse code, but had a needle indicator that pointed to the right letter.
The founder's younger brother, Wilhelm von Siemens a.k.a.
Siemens AG is the maker of the popular Desiro trainsets, which are found in many countries around the world.
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Siemens, Ernst Werner von Siemens, Ernst Werner vonĕrnst vĕr´ner fen zē´mens, 1816-92, German electrical engineer and inventor.
Weber, Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber, Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst vonfrē´drĬkh ĕrnst fen vā´ber, 1786-1826, German composer and pianist; pupil of Michael Haydn and Abbé Vogler.
Baer, Karl Ernst von Baer, Karl Ernst von, 1792-1876, Estonian biologist.
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 Siemens AG - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Siemens AG is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and also on the New York Stock Exchange since March 12, 2001.
It was founded by Werner von Siemens on October 1, 1847, based on the telegraph he had invented that used a needle to point to the sequence of letters, instead of using the Morse code.
Siemens and Halske (SandH) was incorporated in 1897.
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 Siemens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Siemens is a German family name carried by generations of the telecommunications industrialists, including Werner von Siemens, Sir William Siemens, Wilhelm von Siemens and Peter von Siemens
Siemens AG is a German electrical and telecommunications company, founded as a telegraph equipment manufacturer by Werner von Siemens and Johann Georg Halske [1] as "Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens and Halske" in Berlin on October 12, 1847, now headquartered in Munich, also known as Siemens-Halske.
Siemens Hearing Instruments is the hearing aid manufacturing arm of Siemens AG.
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Siemens AG is the name of a German electrical and telecommunications company, founded as a telegraph equipment manufacturer by Werner von Siemens as "Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens and Halske" in Berlin on October 12, 1847, now headquartered in Munich and Berlin, also known as Siemens-Halske.
the siemens is an SI derived unit of measurement for electric conductance, being the inverse of ohm, named after Werner von Siemens.
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 Georg Wilhelm von Siemens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Georg Wilhelm von Siemens (1855 – 1919) was a German telecommunications industrialist.
Known as Wilhelm von Siemens, he was the son of Werner von Siemens and was a general partner of Siemens AG.
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 Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was born March 27, 1845, in the lower Rhine town of Lennep, the only child of Friedrich Conrad Röntgen, a well-to-do textile merchant, and his Dutch wife and cousin, Charlotte Constance Frowein.
On January 19, 1872, Berta and Wilhelm were married and moved into an apartment in Heidingsfelderstrasse; she assumed all of the household chores and he faced the demands of his exacting position.
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was not an ordinary man. German by birth and breeding, he was educated and inspired by Dutch and Swiss masters.
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Von Siemens was born in 1816 in Lenthe, Germany, the fourth-eldest of 14 children.
Lacking the funds for a university-level education, von Siemens joined the Prussian army in 1835, where he received three years of intensive training in mathematics, physics and chemistry.
Siemens AG is a world leader in advanced medical systems, energy and automation, telecommunications, power generation, electronic components and transportation systems.
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Wilhelm von Siemens (1855 - 1919), Werner von Siemens’ second son, joined Siemens and Halske in 1879 after studying science at the university.
In addition to his business activities, Wilhelm von Siemens lent significant impetus to industrial research, and was very much personally involved in fostering the development of technical innovations.
The development of the first metal-filament incandescent lamp, implementation of high-speed railroad trials and construction of the first high-speed telegraph were some of the milestones during his tenure.
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A monument in honour of Werner von Siemens in
Siemens Brothers in London, during the manufacture of the Malta to Alexandria cable, which, was, we believe, the first long cable subjected to a system of continuous tests.
In 1888 Siemens was raised to the rank of nobility by Kaiser Friedrich III (with the addition of von to his name).
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Arnold von Siemens (1853-1918), oldest son of Werner von Siemens, succeeded the senior partner Carl von Siemens as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Siemens and Halske AG in 1904.
Hermann von Siemens (1885-1986), a grandson of the company's founder with a particular interest in science and technology, took over as head of the company after the death of his uncle Carl Friedrich von Siemens in 1941 and held this position until 1956.
Ernst von Siemens (1903-1990), a grandson of the company's founder Werner von Siemens, contributed substantially to the rebuilding of Siemens and Halske AG after 1945 with new headquarters in Munich.
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 Encyclopedia: Siemens-AG   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Werner von Siemens Ernst Werner von Siemens (December 13, 1816 – December 6, 1892) was a German inventor and industrialist.
Wilhelm Siemens Carl Wilhelm Siemens (en: Charles William Siemens) (April 4, 1823 – November 19, 1883) was a German engineer.
Siemens Plessey was the name given to the Plessey businesses acquired by Siemens AG in 1989.
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 Sir William Siemens
He was head of the English branch of the Siemens firm, which made telegraphic and other electrical apparatus and handled electrical engineering projects.
Among his important inventions were a water meter (1851) and a device for reproducing printing that remained standard until the development of photography, and he was one of the first to apply (1883) electric power to railways.
With his brother Frederick he developed an improved regenerative furnace that was used to produce steel; the process, and a variation of it introduced by Pierre Martin, came to be known as the open-hearth process.
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 HISTORY OF SIEMENS AND HALSKE - WERNER VON SIEMENS
Werner von Siemens was born on December 13, 1816, in Lenthe, near Hanover, the fourth of 14 children of a less-than-affluent farmer.
This was the catalyst that ultimately caused Siemens and Halske to develop into a large-scale enterprise, and by 1890, when Werner retired from the company management, its workforce had grown in number to 5,500.
He was Werner von Siemens' cousin, and it was he who provided the start-up capital of 6,842 thalers needed to launch "Telegraphen-Bau-Anstalt von Siemens and Halske".
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It was founded by Werner von Siemens on October 12, 1847, based on the telegraph he had invented that used a needle to point to the sequence of letters, instead of using the Morse code.
Siemens & Halske (S&H) was incorporated in 1897.
Siemens AG is also listed on the New York Stock Exchange since March 12, 2001.
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 William Siemens -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Charles William Siemens (April 4, 1823 - November 19, 1883) was a (A person of German nationality) German (A person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems) engineer.
Of his siblings, (Click link for more info and facts about Ernst Werner Siemens) Ernst Werner Siemens, the fourth child, became a famous electrician and was associated with William in many of his inventions.On July 23, 1859, Siemens was married at St. James's, Paddington, to Anne, the youngest daughter of Mr.
Though in 1847 he published a paper in Liebig's Annalen der Chemie on the 'Mercaptan of Selenium,' his mind was busy with the new ideas upon the nature of heat which were promulgated by Carnot, (Click link for more info and facts about Émile Clapeyron) Émile Clapeyron, Joule, Clausius, Mayer, Thomson, and Rankine.
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 Biographie: Georg von Siemens, 1839-1901
Siemens berät die Firma seines Vetters Werner Siemens (1827-1892), Siemens, Halske and Co, in juristischen Fragen.
Siemens wird von seinem Vetter Werner mit der geschäftlichen Leitung der Arbeiten in Asien beauftragt.
Siemens ist maßgeblich an der Umwandlung der Firma Siemens, Halske and Co in eine Aktiengesellschaft beteiligt.
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Wilhelm von Siemens (1823-1883), who was seven years younger than his brother Werner, was instrumental in establishing the company on international markets through his activities in England.
The independent British subsidiary "Siemens, Halske & Co." was founded in 1858 under his management for the manufacture and laying of submarine cables.
Wilhelm - who took English nationality and changed his name to William - was not only a businessman but was also known for his scientific research, publications and involvement in various associations.
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The beginnings of Siemens AG, as we now know it, was the Siemens and Halske Telegraph Construction Company, based in Berlin, and was formed in 1847.
Later, Siemens’ 1866 discovery of the dynamo-electric principle solved the problem of needing DC batteries to generate continuous current and high voltage.
Siemens was even consulting in Yallourn, Victoria’s open cut electricity town, before SEC was formed.
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Werner von Siemens, inventor and founder of the "Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske"
As a brilliant inventor and entrepreneur of vision in the second half of the 19th century, Werner von Siemens (1816-1892) contributed substantially not only to the new discipline of electrical engineering, but also to the development of the electrical industry.
In 1866 Werner von Siemens made what was probably his most important contribution to electrical engineering with his discovery of the dynamoelectric principle, thus paving the way for the use of electricity as a source of energy.
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 Werner von Siemens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Ernst Werner von Siemens (December 13, 1816 - December 6, 1892) was a German inventor and industrialist.
Siemens invented a telegraph that used a needle to point to the right letter,instead of using Morse code.
Based on this invention, he founded the company Siemens AG on October 12, 1847.
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Werner von Siemens, inventor and founder of the "Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens and Halske"
The independent British subsidiary "Siemens, Halske and Co." was founded in 1858 under his management for the manufacture and laying of submarine cables.
Peter von Siemens (1911-1986), a great-grandson of Werner von Siemens, became Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG in 1971 and occupied this position until 1981.
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 Werner von Siemens
Werner von Siemens (in full, Ernst Werner von Siemens) (December 13, 1816 - December 6, 1892), German inventor and industrialist[?], founded Siemens AG on October 12, 1847, retiring in 1890.
See also his brothers Sir William Siemens (1823-1883) and Carl von Siemens[?] (1829-1906), sons Arnold von Siemens[?] (1853-1918), Wilhelm von Siemens[?] (1855-1919), and Carl Friedrich von Siemens[?] (1872-1941), his nephews Hermann von Siemens (1885-1986), Ernst von Siemens[?] (1903-1990), and Peter von Siemens[?] (1911-1986)
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 Siemens Online Research :: Information about Siemens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Siemens is a Germany family name carried by generations of the Telecommunication Industrialist, including Ernst Werner von Siemens, Carl Wilhelm Siemens, Georg Wilhelm von Siemens and Peter von Siemens
the Siemens (unit) is an SI derived unit of Electric conductance.
Siemens star : device to test the resolution of optical instruments, printers and displays.
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Siemens AG (NYSE: SI (http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=SI)) is the world's largest electronics company.
Worldwide, Siemens and its subsidiaries employ 430,000 people (2004) in 192 countries and reported global sales of $80.5 billion in fiscal year 2003.
Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG has since turned profitable under the stewardship of Gerhard Schumeyer.
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