Hugo Lentz

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Hugo Lentz (originally Lenz ; * July 21, 1859 in South Africa ; † March 21, 1944 ) was a mechanical engineer.

life and career

His father died when he was six years old and he and his family returned to Germany to live with their relatives. He became a Prussian naval engineer.

Around 1888 he founded his own machine factory in Vienna . His first steam engine won first prize at the Como exhibition in 1899 (in honor of Alessandro Volta ) and the Grand Prix at the Paris exhibition in 1900, while Lentz received the gold medal. He acquired patents around 2000. He is known for his steam engine control (Lentz's rolling lever valve control); Furthermore, he further developed the corrugated tube boiler .

Paxman-Lentz single cylinder machine

From 1907 Davey, Paxman & Co and later the Erie City Iron Works in Pennsylvania built its steam engines.

literature

  • John Marshall: Biographical dictionary

swell

  1. ↑ http://www.steamindex.com/people/contengr.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.paxmanhistory.org.uk/paxlentz.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.paxmanhistory.org.uk/paxownid.htm
personal data
SURNAME Lentz, Hugo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lenz, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German machine builder
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH South Africa
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 1944