Siemens, Sir (Charles) William
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orig. Karl Wilhelm Siemens
born April 4, 1823, Lenthe, Prussia
died Nov. 19, 1883, London, Eng.
German-born British engineer and inventor.
He immigrated to Britain in 1844. In 1861 he patented the open-hearth furnace (see
open-hearth process), which was soon being widely used in steelmaking and eventually replaced the earlier
Bessemer process. He also made a reputation and a fortune in the steel cable and
telegraph industries and was a principal in the company that laid the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable (1866). His three brothers were also eminent engineers and industrialists (see
Siemens AG).
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Siemens, Sir (Charles) William — orig. Karl Wilhelm Siemens (4 abr. 1823, Lenthe, Prusia–19 nov. 1883, Londres, Inglaterra). Ingeniero e inventor británico nacido en Alemania. Emigró a Gran Bretaña en 1844. En 1861 patentó el horno Siemens Martin u horno de solera abierta (ver… … Enciclopedia Universal
Sir Charles William Siemens — noun engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and who moved to England (1823 1883) • Syn: ↑Siemens, ↑Karl Wilhelm Siemens • Instance Hypernyms: ↑engineer, ↑applied scientist, ↑technologist … Useful english dictionary
Siemens, Sir William — ▪ British inventor in full Charles William Siemens, original name Karl Wilhelm Siemens born April 4, 1823, Lenthe, Prussia [now in Germany] died Nov. 19, 1883, London, Eng. German born English engineer and inventor, important in the… … Universalium
sir — /serr/, n. 1. a respectful or formal term of address used to a man: No, sir. 2. (cap.) the distinctive title of a knight or baronet: Sir Walter Scott. 3. (cap.) a title of respect for some notable personage of ancient times: Sir Pandarus of Troy … Universalium
William — /wil yeuhm/, n. 1. a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter W. 2. a male given name: from Germanic words meaning will and helmet. * * * (as used in expressions) Huddie William Ledbetter Aberhart William George William… … Universalium
Charles — /chahrlz/, n. 1. (Prince of Edinburgh and of Wales) born 1948, heir apparent to the throne of Great Britain (son of Elizabeth II). 2. Ray (Ray Charles Robinson), born 1930, U.S. blues singer and pianist. 3. Cape, a cape in E Virginia, N of the… … Universalium
Siemens — /see meuhnz/; Ger. /zee meuhns/, n. 1. (Ernst) Werner von /erddnst verdd neuhrdd feuhn/, 1816 92, German inventor and electrical engineer. 2. his brother, Sir William (Karl Wilhelm Siemens), 1823 83, English inventor, born in Germany. * * * (as… … Universalium
siemens — /see meuhnz/, n. (used with a sing. v.) Elect. the SI unit of electrical conductance, equal to the reciprocal of the ohm and replacing the equivalent MKS unit (mho). Abbr.: S [1930 35; named after Sir W. SIEMENS] * * * (as used in expressions)… … Universalium
Siemens — ► sustantivo masculino FÍSICA Denominación del siemensio en la nomenclatura internacional. IRREG. plural siemens * * * siemens o siemensio (de «K. W. Siemens», nombre de un ingeniero británico nacido en Alemania en el s. XIX) m. Fís. Unidad de… … Enciclopedia Universal
siemens — ► NOUN Physics ▪ the SI unit of conductance, equal to the reciprocal of one ohm of resistance. ORIGIN named after the German born British engineer Sir Charles William Siemens (1823 83) … English terms dictionary
