established a silk ribbon factory after migrating from Voralberg in the Habsburg Empire. Carl Bally entered the family business at the age of 17 but subsequent travelled in order to gain experience in business

German states examining mines and ironworks. He published his findings in the Annales de mines . He entered the government service as a supervisor of mines and quarries across France in 1841. In 1843 he began

the family company’s office at 50 Albemarle Street where it long remained. The third John Murray entered the business after study at the University of Edinburgh, and travels in Germany where he took part

Habsburg Empire. His son August Riedinger (1845-1919), was born in Augsburg, studied in Zurich and entered the family business in 1877. He contributed significantly to the development of dirigible airships

coordinating bodies in mining, shipping and business. He was awarded the title of Marquis of Llano. He entered politics as a Basque nationalist and was elected to the Spanish Cortes. At the outbreak of the Civil

with a Daimler engine the following year, and soon produced their first orthodox motor car. They entered several cars in France’s first motor race, held in 1894, and in 1896 Armand Peugeot established his

workers and their families - a school, medical assistance and a social security system. In 1911 he entered the shipping industry, buying eight ships to transport his goods. He founded the cigarette manufacturer

village of Port Sunlight, one of the most significant of its kind in Europe. He grew up in Bolton and entered his father’s grocery business at the age of 16, becoming a partner in 1872. He and his brother, James

they needed for their work at great expense from Britain. Zimmerman decided, at the age of 28, to enter this field himself. He visited Britain to see the industry in person and buy examples of the equipment

this, he began a major project for the 30-km Morskoy ship canal to allow large sea-going vessels to enter St Petersburg’s ports. When he died in 1880, before the canal was completed, he was buried at his

became a major producer of railway equipment, armaments and later trolleybuses and aircraft. Breda entered politics in 1866 and was elected to the Italian parliament as a deputy and then a senator, which

locomotives in Europe, with works at Zabrze in Silesia and at Dortmund, as well as those in Berlin. It entered a period of relative decline after the death of August Borsig`s son Albert in 1878, and went through

development of the business owed much to her nephew, one of five of the sons of Fritz Steiff who entered her business. He had studied in England, and attended art school in Stuttgart where he had particularly

field in the following decades. In 1890 he introduced a nozzle that increased the speed of steam entering a turbine, and designed new forms of reduction gearing necessitated by higher turbine speeds. He

ten years later began to work in the office of Sir Robert Smirke. On Smirke`s recommendation he entered the Royal Academy School, which enabled him to study in Italy where he was particularly impressed

stipulated a reward of one million francs for inventing a flax spinning machine. Philippe de Girard entered the competition and after a month he registered his patent. Girard constructed a trial version of