Karl Sachs (electrical engineer)
Karl Sachs (born May 30, 1886 in Vienna , † April 16, 1980 in Baden ) was a Swiss electrical engineer .
Sachs was an engineer at Brown, Boveri & Cie. From 1931 he was also a lecturer for electric traction vehicles at the ETH Zurich . In 1940 the ETH awarded him a titular professorship , and from 1947 to 1956 he was associate professor there for electrical train transport and the fundamentals of railway engineering. In 1966 he was awarded the Grashof Memorial Medal by the Association of German Engineers .
Publications (selection)
- Electric mainline locomotives: a manual for practical use as well as for students. Springer, Berlin 1928.
- The fixed systems of electric railways. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1938.
- The electrical operation of the Swiss railways and its history. In: A Century of Swiss Railways 1847–1947. Vol. 1 (1947), pp. 209-258.
- Electric traction vehicles: A manual for practical use as well as for students in two volumes. Huber, Frauenfeld 1953.
- 75 years of the Gotthard Railway. In: Jahrbuch des Eisenbahnwesens , Vol. 8 (1957), ISSN 0075-2479 , pp. 23-45.
- At the end of the electrification of the Swiss Federal Railways. In: Jahrbuch des Eisenbahnwesens , Vol. 12 (1961), ISSN 0075-2479 , pp. 15-42.
- Electric traction vehicles. 3 volumes, 2nd edition, Huber / Springer, Frauenfeld / Vienna 1973.
literature
- Bruno Meyer: Sachs, Karl. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Nana Pernod: Sachs, Karl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2 , p. 334 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Sachs in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual proof
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sachs, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss electrical engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1980 |
| Place of death | Baden AG |