Diedrich Uhlhorn

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Intro

German engineer

A.K.A.

Uhlhorn

Places

Germany

was

Inventor Engineer

Work field

Business Engineering

Gender

Male

Birth

3 June 1764 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Bockhorn, Germany

Star sign

Gemini People who share this birthday

Death

5 October 1837 People who died on this day

Place of death

Grevenbroich, Germany

Age

73 years

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Biography

Diedrich Uhlhorn (3 June 1764 in Bockhorn – 1837 in Grevenbroich) was a German engineer.

Life

Uhlhorn was an engineer, mechanic and inventor, who invented in 1817 the first mechanical tachometer. Between 1817 and 1830 he was inventor of the Presse Monétaire (level coin press known as Uhlhorn Press) which bears his name. He was married.

Awards

Order of the Red Eagle

Literature

Volker Benard-Wagenhoff, Konrad Schneider: Dieser unerschöpfliche, seltene Mann – Diedrich Uhlhorn und die moderne Münztechnik. Grevenbroich 2009
Otto Albert Bormann: Dietrich Uhlhorn (1764–1837). In: Rheinisch-Westfälische Wirtschaftsbiographien, Band I. Aschendorff, Münster 1931, pages 177-195.
Egbert Ritter von Hoyer: Uhlhorn, Diedrich. in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, pages 166–168.

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