The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-24 00:00:00

' V.-
tinT# OF Slit WILLIAM'SIEMENS

Sir William Siemens died on Monday night at his
residence, Palace Houses, Bayswater, London. Ten
days ago when -,:ioming from the Royal Institution, he
fell in ago,
and when he reached home be ex-
perienced considerable pain. His physician ordered
complete rest, and in a few days later be seemed to be re-
covering, but on Monday his condition became worse
and he rapidly sank.
Charles William Siemens was borne at Lentbe,lli
Hanover, on April 4, 1823. In 1842 he entered the
engine works of Count Stolberg, and in the following
year visited England for the purpose of introducing a
method of gilding and silvering by galvanic deposit.
In 1844 Mr. Siemens again came to England to patent
an invention of a differential governor for steam
engines, the work of his brother and himself, and then
permanently took Up his residence in this country. A
number of inventions were patented by him' including
his water-meter, which he introduced in 1851. Be-
tween 1856 and 1861, Mr. Siemens, in conjunction
with his brother Frederick, constructed the regenera-
tive gas furnace, and in 1867 he manufactured steel
on the open hearth of this furnace, making
a great advance in the method of production.
In the following year he originated the Lan-
dore Siemens Steel Works, from which im-
mense quantities of cast steel have been turned
-iat. From an early period -Dr. Siemens inte-
rested himself in telegraph engineering, and from the
works which he established in conjunction with his
brother, telegraph lines have been shipped to various
parts of the world, the most important being the Direct
United States cable. More recently Dr. Siemens took
a great interest in electricity, and laid down an elec-
trical tramway in Berlin. His dynamo machine for
the generation of electricity, attracted attention at the
Fisheries Exhib Wen.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in
1862, and in later years became a member of many of
the learned and scientific societies. The degree of
D.O.L. was conferred upon him by the University of
Oxford in 1869, and recently he received the honour
of Knighthood.

At the meeting of the Institution of Civil Engineers
on Tuesday night, the president, Mr. Brunlees,
referring to the late Sir William Siemens, said
"It is with the deepest sorrow that I have to
Inform you of the death of our highly valued and
esteemed member of council, Sir William Siemens,
which took place last night, after a short illness,
helieved to have been the result of a fall two weeks ago.
Sir Wiliam was a man whose power of intellect
and whose services in the application of practical
science to almost every branch within the range
of the profession of the civil engineer, were universally
appreciated. His fame was world-wide, as it deserved
to be, and those who knew Sir William Siemens best
will be most ready to acknowledge that the qualities
of his heart were no less conspicuous than those of his
intellect. The Donne I are sure that they will best
consult the feelings of all present by proposing to ad•
journ this meeting as a mark of respect to the memory
of one who was so greatly hcnoured and beloved."