Werner Suess

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Werner Suess (* May 1822 or February 7, 1823 in Leipzig; † August 7, 1901 in Bladensburg (Maryland) ) was a German-American mechanic.

Life

He worked for Bunsen, Helmholtz and Joseph Henry . In 1853 he emigrated from Bremen to the USA. With Prof. Dolbear (1837-1910) from Tuft's College, Boston, he experimented around 1880 on the wireless telephone.

From Thanksgiving 1887 to 1894 he worked on the gramophone in Emil Berliner’s laboratory in Washington, DC . His greatest contributions were the use of a horn (instead of hearing tubes) and the moving tonearm. From 1894 he was Vice President of the US Gramophone Co.

With his first wife Helena he had the sons Werner jun. (* 1861 in Boston) and Otto L. (* August 3, 1863 in Baltimore, Maryland; † 1898). In July 1871 he married Justine / Christina Maske (* February 1852 in Germany, † March 6, 1936 in Oakland, Maryland).

Publications

  • with John R. Bartlett: Report on the Siemens electrical deep deep-sea thermometer, aboard the Blake ; 1882

literature

  • Allen Koenigsberg: The patent history of the phonograph, 1877-1912 ; 1990; Page xxix

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.recordingpioneers.com/RP_SUESS1.html
  2. ↑ Eric L. Reiss: The Compleat Talking Machine: A Collector's Guide to Antique Phonographs ; P. 218

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personal data
SURNAME Suess, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American mechanic
DATE OF BIRTH May 1822 or February 7, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH August 7, 1901
Place of death Bladensburg, Maryland