Wilhelm Emil Fein

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Wilhelm Emil Fein, bronze relief

Wilhelm Emil Fein (born January 16, 1842 in Ludwigsburg , † October 6, 1898 in Stuttgart ) is considered the inventor of the hand-held electric drill (there was a stationary six years earlier).

Life

The son of a teacher began his training with Carl Christoph Friedrich Geiger in Stuttgart, then moved to Karlsruhe and Göttingen and finally to Berlin , where he worked at Siemens & Halske . The last station of his training was London . On the advice of Wilhelm Eisenlohr , he founded the company C. & E. Fein in Karlsruhe with his brother Carl in 1867 , which moved to Stuttgart in 1870. Wilhelm Emil Fein died in Stuttgart in 1898. His grave is in Section 13 of the Prague Cemetery .

Professional background

Fine hand drill (replica) in the Technoseum Mannheim

C. & E. Fein, founded by Fein in 1867, manufactured electrical systems. The fire telegraph systems in Nuremberg and Stuttgart, which were set up in 1878 and 1879, were thanks to her. In the winter of 1879/80, the young Robert Bosch worked in his company. In 1879 Fein received a patent for a telephone with a horseshoe magnet and in 1885 another for a military telephone - this was the first portable telephone in the world. In 1888 he published his book Electrical Apparatus, Machines and Facilities . In 1891 he received the Württemberg State Medal for Art and Science. In 1895 his company developed the electric hand drill; but it was not the first electric drill in general. This was invented by the native Scotsman Arthur James Arnot in Australia in 1889 as a stationary drill for mines. Two years later, his son Emil Fein Jr. invented the electric bench drill.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans-Erhard Lessing: Robert Bosch , Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg, 2007, ISBN 9783499505942 , p. 22
  2. ↑ Australia's Top 10 Inventions: The Electric Drill at www.gizmodo.com.au ; Retrieved November 29, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Fine, Wilhelm Emil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fine, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German inventor and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigsburg
DATE OF DEATH October 6, 1898
Place of death Stuttgart