Ernest Guglielminetti

Ernest Guglielminetti ( born November 23, 1862 in Brig, † February 20, 1943 in Geneva) was a Swiss physician, inventor, and an honorary citizen of Brig

Guglielminetti studied medicine in Brig, Fribourg and Bern. He finished his studies in 1885 with a PhD from.

Tarred roads

Guglielminetti worked as a doctor in Java and Borneo, where she learned the building sealing by tar know. From this he developed a forerunner of today's method Asphalting roads. As a doctor in Monaco let Guglielminetti 1902 there spread for dust control 40 meter road with hot tar. This procedure was then also applied in many other countries, which earned the nickname Dr. Guglielminetti tar (French for " tar ").

Breathing apparatus

In addition, he is considered the inventor of the respirator for climbers, firefighters, pilots and divers.

In the north of France, Pas- de -Calais is on 10 March 1906, the Courrières mining disaster occurred. 1,099 miners died ( still the largest mine disaster in Europe). In the pit there was no breathing apparatus. A rescue team of 25 volunteers - German mine rescue men from the mines Shamrock ( Herne ) and Rheinelbe ( Gelsenkirchen) traveled to Courrières. Thanks to their devices they could penetrate into the gas plume; they hid there many deaths. The disaster and the Rettungsdaktion found then the world's attention; Photos as shown at right appeared in newspapers. They made the use of respirators in mines apparently. The masks were in France ( meant was Johann Heinrich Dräger, founder of Drägerwerke ) as ' Appareil Guglielminetti -Drager ' known.