Alfred Amsler

Alfred Jakob Amsler (born July 3, 1857 in Schaffhausen ; † April 2, 1940 there ) was a Swiss engineer and works manager of the Alfred J. Amsler machine factory .

biography

His father was Jakob Amsler-Laffon . After finishing school in Schaffhausen, Amsler studied mathematics and physics at the Universities of Basel and Berlin and at the Technical University of Dresden . In 1880 he received his doctorate in Basel. He joined his father's company in 1885, where he developed hydraulic material testing machines, control devices and measuring devices for static and dynamic loads. 1914 equipped Amsler a dynamometer car of the SBB with instruments from the 1930 with facilities for track recording was completed. In 1919 Alfred Amsler received an honorary doctorate from the ETH Zurich .

literature

Carl Graf von Klinckowstroem : Amsler, Alfred. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 262 ( digitized version ).
Arthur Uehlinger, Francis Dubois: Alfred Amsler, July 3, 1857 to April 2, 1940 . In: Communications from the Schaffhausen Natural Research Society . tape 17 , 1941.
Robert Amsler, Theodor H. Erismann: Jakob Amsler-Laffon, 1823–1912, Alfred Amsler, 1857–1940. Pioneers of testing and precision (= Swiss pioneers in business and technology. Vol. 58). Association for Economic History Studies, Meilen 1993.

Web links

Robert Amsler: Amsler, Alfred. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

↑ Hans A. Gaudy: Four-axle dynamometer car of the Swiss Federal Railways . In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung . tape 64 , no. 4 , 1914, pp. 41–45 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-31498 .
↑ L'inspection automatique des voies de chemins de fer . In: Bulletin technique de la Suisse romande . tape 67 , no. 8 , 1941, pp. 85-97, here p. 86 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-51326 .

personal data
SURNAME	Amsler, Alfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Amsler, Alfred Jakob (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss engineer and operations manager of the Alfred J. Amsler machine factory
DATE OF BIRTH	July 3, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schaffhausen
DATE OF DEATH	April 2, 1940
Place of death	Schaffhausen

[1] Hans A. Gaudy: Four-axle dynamometer car of the Swiss Federal Railways . In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung . tape 64 , no. 4 , 1914, pp. 41–45 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-31498 .

[2] L'inspection automatique des voies de chemins de fer . In: Bulletin technique de la Suisse romande . tape 67 , no. 8 , 1941, pp. 85-97, here p. 86 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-51326 .