[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]

RE: [T3] Mystery Bosch spark plugs on eBay


On 20 Nov 2005 at 19:54, Neil wrote:

> On  Nov 15, 1886, Robert Bosch opened a "Workshop for Precision Mechanics
> and Electrical Engineering".  From the Bosch company official history:
> "In 1887, Bosch first designed a magneto ignition system for stationary
> internal-combustion engines. Like many other Bosch products of those years,
> this magneto was not a Bosch invention. It was, rather, fabricated to a
> customer's order on the basis of an existing sample built by Deutz, an
> engine manufacturer in Cologne. This is where Bosch profited from the
> practical experience he had gained over many years during his travels as a
> precision mechanic in electrical engineering companies. He recognized that
> the sample magneto from Cologne would not have a very long service lie, and
> thus altered the as yet unpatented original to such an extent that it stood
> up to even the toughest practical applications."
> 
> Another thing most people don't know about Bosch, is that he spent 1884 and
> 1885 in the USA, where he worked for a short while for Thomas Edison.

Thanks for the extra info.

There is a separate company, even today, called "American Bosch." Do you know 
what connection, if any, it has to the Robert Bosch company?

-- 
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]