Invention Timeline - Sir William Siemens, English Inventor, Metallurgist, and Electrician; Invented the Regenerative Furnace which was Applied to the Manufacture of Steel
b. April 4, 1823 and d. November 18, 1883
English inventor, metallurgist and electrician. With his brother, Werner, he made improvements in electric plating and in the solutions used for gilding and silvering. A chronometric governor for steam engines was devised by Werner and worked out by William and the process of “anastatic printing” wad developed by them. The regenerative steam engine and condenser was mainly the invention of William. In 1851 William produced a water meter, and, with Frederick Siemens, he invented the regenerative furnace which was applied to the manufacture of steel. William was one of the fist to suggest the transmission of power by electricity. In 1879 he also invented an electric furnace, a bathometer, and with his brother, Werner, he built the Indo-European telegraph in 1868-’69.
Iron vessels cross the ocean, iron engines give them motion;
Iron needles northward veering, iron tillers vessels steering;
Iron pipe our gas delivers, iron bridges span our rivers;
Iron pens are used for writing, iron ink our thoughts inditing;
Iron stoves for cooking victuals, iron ovens, pots and kettles;
Iron horses draw our loads, iron rails compose our roads;
Iron anchors hold in sands, iron bolts, and rods, and bands,
Iron houses, iron walls, iron cannon, iron balls;
Iron axes, knives and chains, iron augers, saws and planes;
Iron globules in our blood, iron particles in food;
Iron lightning-rods on spires, iron telegraphic wires;
Iron hammers, nails, and screws-iron everything we use.
