Miyoshi Shōichi

Miyoshi Shōichi ( Japanese 三 吉 正 一 ; * 1853 ( Kaei 6); † 1906 ) was a Japanese electrical engineer .

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Miyoshi Shōichi was a technician in the state company for the manufacture of telegraphy instruments.

In 1878 he developed a machine for covering copper wires with silk. Then, in the early 1880s, some businesses began manufacturing insulated wire.

In 1883 he founded his factory to manufacture electrical machines. When the first electric train in Japan began in Kyoto in 1895, he had supplied the engines.

In 1890 he founded together with Fujioka Ichisuke ( 藤 岡 市 助 , * 1857, † 1918) the Hakunetsu-sha ( 白熱 社 , German "white glow company"), Japan's first factory for incandescent lamps in Yariya-chō, Kyōbashi. Over time, the company developed into a manufacturer of consumer products. In 1899 the company was renamed Tōkyō Denki ( 東京 電 気 , English Tokyo Electric Co. ).

This merged in 1939 with Shibaura Seisaku-sho ( 芝 浦 製作 所 , English Shibaura Engineering Works Co., Ltd. ) to Tōkyō Shibaura Denki ( 東京 芝 浦 電 気 ), in short: Toshiba .

Miyoshi was buried in Aoyama Cemetery .

literature

• Y. Takahashi: The evolution of electrical insulation technology in Japan . In: Electrical Insulation Magazine . Vol. 6, November / December, 1994, pp. 10-16 , doi : 10.1109 / 57.334690 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Production of Japanese-made Incandescent Light Bulbs. (No longer available online.) In: Toshiba Science Museum. Formerly in the original ; accessed on November 26, 2008 (English).  ( 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.    

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Miyoshi is the family name, Shōichi the first name.