New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-28

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| live 10 bcgin with, in the house he bought ahI
| he had to pay down on"-fifth Of the cost, .hc
Leeds Permanent Building Soclety anyahr''i. .,T
remaining fourffths. which was repaid " a'.s'
n,ents uy this means number ot wOrkilehNi
we're enabled 10 obtain. at cost OF il'o racn;
good respectable looking. conveniently 'rr'hS'"
houses; u. , or,h.r ,f the
Council of the Leeds Chamber Of (o'nnrrfr; an"
elected president of ms inp"r,am, , oo"S and
1850 serving in that capacity h"tn l'lt wv. am
| the next. lie is member Of Inc lhSt,'",F vi
| Civil Engineers n member Of the onhrll o. 'ht
British Iron Trade ASSOCIATION an" ,nd thc West
Riding He was one of.thc founders or me locus
Trained Nurses Institution. and was dir'r!2r VI
the company which founded the Girls li"" H'"o"'
in WOOdhousc Lane, Leeds
Mr. AIEMEHs'S WORK.
Frcdorick S;cmcns is the fifth son Of n family
If eirht SONS. Of whom three are still living
Ills father Christian Ferdinand SrmenS. WIS
horn in Wasscrlcben Germany. in 1889, ana '"r
MANY wears farme a property al l"n'hc' a IL"
miles from Hanover In le!% lie removed '" II
| largcr estate at Menzcndort. near l.u'rcR where
Frederick was born in 1876. The other nr"'"e's
| known 10 the scientific world are DR.. werner Vol"
Sicmcns. the celebrated electrical engineer All"
scientist Of Berlin: the LAT" SIT W lIll'ih Hr"'"'
F. r. S. we'll known for his sricn'ih' a'i"i'""'"''
and his invention in mctaliurgy ana l"r'''''S'
and Carl Sicmcns the head of the 81 fe'cfS'!iH
firm of Sicmcns & IIalskr. Frederick. ike HIS
brothers. was to pass through the CLASSES vi INV
Gymnasium at Lubbock, but after HAVING "l''"'
tho third class, n longing for liberty ur@c'l him
Ia abandon school lie ard 10 30 form mo 'e
world When scarcely sixteen he joined m'r-
cham, shin as an ordinary sailor hrt after lew
voars passcd in the merchant marine II" irlt 'h''
nroiession at the instance OF his brother. III
Wcrucr Sicmcns IN whose telegraph works III
N,rlir thcu recently established. he r"ntInNrh
his technical c,lurltion. 1T July. ISIS, ne WAS
sent to Enaland in order TO introduce '''I'' ~
,ou,iTt;,,. wih H., nr"tlrr llliam. the 'lc''ri-
cal tclc graph apparail, invented by pF. werner
Scncns
While in ENGLAND he devoted special attention
IN the construction Of his brothers r'@'h'r''l"
steam engines and cvapomtlus apparatus Tor ''
nr,ductou of .r.ar and salt \!thouGh without
practical results thc>r experiments. r'r'"n Oh Nv
Frederick Sicmcns, produced further imp'r''h'
Inventions His connection vita the agent Tor
tine then new l'chatiu> steel s%>icni su-iN'''' ="
him the idea q, i"tri''''I'r '"'' M
mrTcl l'rhatilIs steel direct Win cor III VII,
fourth the cost of tie old system oi inrl'ih-, Nv
was invited bv Mr. Atkinson. Of Marriott Mk'h-
.nn tn Sheffield He constructed heating l1i-
nacrs which were quite successful. ana some "'n, 81
which are pramhlv still III cAIelrhcr. - ven ~
tccl-.mr,tiuc furnaces, which. however, dii NO.
uuite solve the problem III tn" form t'h hNlN'.''
hciur fired with solid iucl On h> ri I'm !"
GERMANY Frederick Sirnrii> c"IstrUr'"i rs h'>.
rcgcncrativc gas furnace, winch prove" I'''
success. ,,
After prrfcctng the system during l'n@,n'h'''
staN in Austri;, and SaN"nT. an ur;rni can rom
his brother William brought him aGain !" i't"-
land where LIE WIS successful ~ crn>trHrtihe Ini
various firms in Sheffield rc2chcr1'iV" Ga> N'''l-
melting furnaces. and for various class works re-
gc,craiive vas gl,ss-scltln2 furnaces Krtlihiii@
Ia (,crmanv Fr~lerick Sicncns took charge of the
Dresden Glass Works. in so. in wrn ir devised
| mamy important improvements III ~" nri'Iil" am
| e." oling progresses Other gla,, WORKS have
sinn. ErI" n %rn' Success ''r Ih" vrn".
| International Exhibition ~ -" T." h'n
wa, awarded the di p"ma Of honor. the highest
dist met ion for glass na'.iiar;uc: ais" 'w" h'hH
| for small mot"i>. ls>Ii'; the 49, iAr'"i',;
| few years works for the Manufacture Of r;S-
lighting appara1Is H. Dresden, Iariln. Vienna ana
Iondon the first patent Tor which !" took "i'
| in l.co The British TIA Irsitut" awarded i''m
If th. rec c;aiVr system alike - I" - M
| and T. "a, hnrHcis TOD II l'nln'lI non. me IT,
ucIcraiiyr gaS lamp has recently been l,r-cN m
troducd int" Gr"st 'ui' hrrmany. Aus'fl' "'rI
| u,ler Cont mental c"uItr"S. and also the nl''t
| States
Mr. Sirmcn, his obtained patents for a Lew
system Of heating which further 'mpI"N'I The
rr.cicrativc gas furnaces. He also obtained scv
| cral other vau'.hlc patri.ts for inn t"vrin"h'r
| in furnaces and in The mnnH'a"'nrc of steel ma
glass. fI the firing of p"'frrF ana bricks. 'h' i
roY .u.:I.r,! in the 'l'N"l"l,in' ~ of pa =
for th.. pruiIc'lnn Of steel aG non 'l'r"r :! ~
| tLc ore The dealt Of his hr"'hrr >'r william
! Scmcns threw Trri.ri' k Sirn"n. t"' dri' "i
kim. the rrspr.ii )iiv e! I. cu-Iur' ~. h''i-
uc,, i'm In.an,l ia" Lawn c"'iu'Ir~ n! 80 lin'i
| IL, " here hc /. rcIn,>ri!i"d hV Juhn Head. MI"
WAS ,rr many years pnrrprl AN>iNi'H' v" w.
lat" William >!'rn"n>. lie lrs ct 'h''N," Sven
| factories. employing over I.,"" ""ih p"f"'
and ha, cu-inccrn- 'icr' III Ni'>,!ti' A.rl i;"1-
don If. j, also a,i,.cl' irt 'r'>i.'! In the Mai-
| nrs,nann Tube Works. at Iaudurr.