Wilhelm Emil Fein

Wilhelm Emil Fein ( born January 16, 1842 in Ludwigsburg, † October 6, 1898 in Stuttgart) is considered the inventor of the hand-held electric drill ( a stationary, there were six years ago ).

Life

The son of a teacher began his training at Karl Geiger in Stuttgart, then moved to Karlsruhe and Göttingen, and finally to Berlin, where he worked at Siemens & Halske. The last stop of his training was London. On the advice of Wilhelm Eisenlohr back he founded in 1867 in Karlsruhe with his brother Carl, the C. & E. Fein, who moved to Stuttgart in 1870. Wilhelm Emil Fein died in 1898 in Stuttgart. His grave is in the local Prague cemetery.

Professional career

Founded by fine in 1867 by C. & E. Fein put electrical systems ago. You were due to the fire telegraph systems in Nuremberg and Stuttgart, in 1878 and in 1879 set up. 1879 Fine received a patent for a phone with a horseshoe magnet and 1885 one for another militarily occupied phone - this was the first portable phone in the world. In 1888 he published his book Electrical apparatus, machines and facilities. In 1891 he received the Württemberg State Medal for Art and Science. 1895 developed his company, the electric hand drill; but it was not the first electric drill in general. This was invented in 1889 in Australia as stationary drills for mines in the Scotsman Arthur Arnot. Two years later, with the electric bench drill an invention of his son Emil Fein Jr.