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15.05.13
ERIH Annual Conference 2013 - Save the date - Call for papers now open
ERIH Annual Conference 2013 – Back in the Ruhr Subject:...
15.04.13
ERIH Board meeting in Katowice/Poland
On invitation of the Silesian Voivodeship the ERIH board met in Katowice/Poland and discussed with...
01.03.13
Review of the ERIH Annual Conference 2012
More than 100 delegates from 15 European Countries attended the ERIH Conference 2012 in September...
Giovanni
Sacchi
(1913 - 98)
Giovanni Sacchi was a maker of wooden models whose work had a profound influence on the design of consumer...
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Sir Titus
Salt
(1803 - 1876)
Sir Titus Salt was one of the most eminent entrepreneurs in Victorian Britain, and left a lasting legacy...
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Sir Bernhard
Samuelson
(1820 - 1905)
Bernhard Samuelson promoted the international diffusion of technology in the iron and steel and mechanical...
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Joseph-Eugene
Schneider
(1803 - 75)
Joseph-Eugene Schneider (1803-75) and his brother Adolphe (1802-48), whose origins were at Bazeilles...
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Gösta Michael
Serlachius
(1876 - 1942)
Gösta Serlachius was one of the leading Finnish entrepreneurs of the first half of the 20th century,...
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Carl Wilhelm (Sir Charles William) von
Siemens
(1823 - 83)
Carl Wilhelm Siemens invented many industrial processes and held some 113 patents. He was also a successful...
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Werner von
Siemens
(1816 - 92)
Siemens was the imaginative founder of an electrical company that came to be the largest in Germany,...
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Ernest
Solvay
(1838 - 1922)
Ernest Solvay’s innovations transformed the chemical industry throughout Europe, and were the starting...
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Margarete
Steiff
(1847 - 1909)
The life of Margarete Steiff is an heroic story of triumph over handicaps. It is also a significant part...
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Charles Theodoor
Stork
(1822 - 95)
Charles Stork set up an engineering works in Hengelo that transformed the economy of that small town...
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