Age of electricity : pioneering achievements in electrical engineering : photographs from the Siemens Historical Institute / [authors: Sabine Dittler, Christoph Frank, Franz Hebestreit].

Main entry:

Dittler, Sabine.

Title & Author:

Age of electricity : pioneering achievements in electrical engineering : photographs from the Siemens Historical Institute / [authors: Sabine Dittler, Christoph Frank, Franz Hebestreit].

Publication:

Berlin : Deutscher Kunstverlag, [2014]

Description:

270 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Introduction -- Brief history of Siemens, 1880-1930 -- Expansion of international business activities -- Production program and production locations -- Success stories -- Energy -- Mobility -- Industry -- Communications -- The photographic archive of the Siemens Historical Institute -- Appendix.

Summary:

From a small Berlin backyard workshop to a global corporation, Siemens is one of the few industrial companies that can look back on such a long and successful tradition. For over 160 years, the Siemens name and brand represents strength of innovation, top technological achievements, quality, reliability, and international presence. This book is not so much about paying tribute to the efforts and accomplishments of Werner von Siemens. Rather, it focuses on the era of the second generation of entrepreneurs and the pioneering days of heavy-current engineering: its fantastic photos put the spotlight on selected reference projects in the business sectors of energy, mobility, industry, and communication, showing how Siemens advanced the electrification of infrastructure and everyday life on a global scale. The illustrations convey a vivid and impressive picture of the pioneering feats achieved by this power engineering company between the 1880s and early 1930s in Germany, Europe, Latin America, and Asia.

ISBN:

9783422072541 (English edition ; hf.cl.)
3422072543 (English edition ; hf.cl.)

Subject:

Siemens, Werner von, 1816-1892.
Electricity History.
Electrical engineering Germany History.
Électricité Histoire.
Génie électrique Allemagne Histoire.
Electrical engineering.
Electricity.
Germany.

Form/genre:

Company histories.
History.

Added entries:

Frank, Christoph.
Hebestreit, Franz.
Siemens Historical Institute, publisher.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 288421
Call No.: BIB 230101
Status: Available

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