Leo Müller (inventor)
Christian Leo Müller (born February 13, 1799 in Riezlern ; † February 9, 1844 in Vienna ) was an Austrian inventor and entrepreneur from the Kleinwalsertal . He earned the further development of the high-speed printing press . In 1833 the first high-speed printing press in Austria went into operation under his influence.
Leo Müller grew up as the second of twelve children as the son of an innkeeper. After an apprenticeship as a carpenter in nearby Hindelang , he went to Bavaria as a journeyman, where he got a job as a model carpenter in 1826. There he worked in the company of Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer in the former Oberzell monastery near Würzburg, where newspaper printing machines were manufactured.
He returned home, developed an improved high-speed book printer there, borrowed money from relatives and founded his own machine factory in Jenbach . In 1833 Leo Müller received his first privilege ( patent ) on a technically improved press. There was a collaboration with his competitor Friedrich Helbig and through the company founded together in 1836 ( Druckmaschinenfabrik Helbig & Müller , Vienna) they delivered 52 single and seven double high-speed presses within the Habsburg Empire and Germany within six years .
Friedrich Helbig died in 1843, and Leo Müller a year later. In 1860 their company was closed.
Leo Müller rests in the Sankt Marxer Friedhof in Vienna.
One of his printing machines can be seen in the Armenian Museum in Jerusalem .
literature
- JKF Naumann: Müller Christian Leo. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 409 f. (Direct links on p. 409 , p. 410 ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vorarlberg in the early industrialization 1740-1870 , p 196 (last paragraph) , accessed December 17, 2011
- ^ Wiener Zeitung : Media revolution 500 years ago ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Reformer of the Buchdrucker Schnellpressen , accessed on December 17, 2011
- ↑ Vorarlberg Chronicle ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Irmin Schwendiger: The Great Widderstein tells. P. 184
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Müller, Leo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Müller, Christian Leo (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian inventor and entrepreneur from the Kleinwalsertal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1799 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riezlern |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 1844 |
| Place of death | Vienna |