Word: siemenses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Fortnight ago Siemens Schuckert of Berlin* announced a new switch to handle current up to 600,000 volts without spattering fire. It does not resort to the use of oil baths or air blasts. It operates in a pool of a secret liquid, allegedly far more efficient than oil.
* The Siemens Concern, of which Siemens Schuckert is a branch, is Germany's great electrical equipment company. Employing 110,000 men they manufacture telephones, electrochemical products, steam turbines, generative equipment.
Instant results: The whole list of stocks on the Berlin Borse went off an average of six points, shares of the Reichsbank itself tumbled 15 points. Strongest industrials could not resist the blow. Salz-detfurth Potash lost 13 points, and the gigantic firm of Siemens & Halske (comparable in Germany to...
One of George's co-entertainers is Alyee Siemens a charming girl who like most of the feminine sex, devoutly believes in fortune telling. She has a sense of humor and a pair of dark eyes, however, which would make any such weakness seem an asset.
Siemens-G. E. A bitter opponent of German General Electric (A. E. G.) is Carl Friedrich von Siemens, both because German General Electric is his greatest rival and because it has violated his nationalistic feelings by allowing Americans from General Electric to sit upon its board. Yet last week Herr...