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Anthony Reckenzaun (* 1850 in Graz , † November 11, 1893 in London ) was an Austrian electrical engineer . He went to Great Britain in 1872 , expanded his studies there and worked successfully in the field of electric drive and battery technology.

education

He learned the practical mechanical skills in his father's company, which was active in the field of plant construction for breweries , tanneries and railway companies. In 1872 Reckenzaun deepened his knowledge as part of a practical training at the Technical University in Graz . He continued his education in Great Britain, gave evening classes to workers willing to learn, and graduated with honors from the Royal School of Mines in Great Britain in 1877 .

Working in the UK

In the UK, Reckenzaun started at Ravenhill, Miller & Co, which made steam engines and ship auxiliary machinery. Inspired by his visit to the Paris World Exhibition in 1878 with the first electrical engineering exhibits from the pioneering phase, he attended the lectures of Professor William Edward Ayrton at Finsbury Technical College .

World Exhibition Paris 1878

Then Reckenzaun's career began in the field of young electrical engineering, with a focus on the fields of electric drive and battery technologies. In 1881 he spent three months in Paris and deepened his knowledge of electrical engineering in the context of the electrical exhibitions in the Palais d'Industrie . After his return he worked as an engineer in a factory for the production of electric accumulators and invented new applications for electric propulsion. He developed and constructed electrical drive systems which, based on his ideas and patents , were used in trams and electric boats , among other things . Since electrical power generation with generators and the construction of power grids were in the pioneering phase, he was particularly concerned with accumulators as a power source for mobile applications.

In 1882, under Reckenzaun's guidance, the electrical system of the Electricity battery boat built near Yarrow in London Millwall , consisting of batteries as a power source and two electric motors for propeller drive, was built. In 1883 he developed an electric tram for the West Metropolitan Tramways Company in London, which was powered by batteries. The success was quickly visible through the spread in England and the USA. In September 1886, the battery-powered boat Volta, which he designed, completed the round trip from Dover to Calais .

Others

Reckenzaun gave technical lectures, was the author of many publications and a member of several English and international scientific and technical associations and societies. The collection of his work, published in London in 1892 under the title "Electric traction on railways and tramways", is particularly well-known and is still on sale today.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.dr-peter-habenat.at/ausstellung2008/010-panorama.html
  2. ↑ Use of electricity for shipping. In: Polytechnisches Journal . 247, 1883, Miszelle 6, p. 184.
  3. ↑ Operation of boats by means of electricity. In: Polytechnisches Journal . 263, 1884, Miszelle 5, pp. 492-494.
personal data
SURNAME Triangle fence, Anthony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian electrical engineer
DATE OF BIRTH 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 1893
Place of death London