In 1867 he withdrew from the company because his views on company policy diverged from those of the Siemens brothers and devoted himself in his role as a Berlin city councillor to the administration of the city and the establishment of the Museum of Decorative Art.
В 1867 г. он ушел из компании, потому что разошёлся с братьями Сименс во взглядах на политику компании и посвятил себя деятельности в качестве советника Берлинской* Picture, biography, and bibliography in the Virtual Laboratory of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science