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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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As
a
child
William
was
sensitive
and
affectionate,
the
baby
of
the
family,
liking
to
roam
the
woods
and
fields
by
himself,
and
curious
to
observe,
but
not
otherwise
giving
any
signs
of
the
engineer.
He
received
his
education
at
a
commercial
academy
in
Lubeck,
the
Industrial
School
at
Magdeburg
(city
of
the
memorable
burgomaster,
Otto
von
Guericke),
and
at
the
University
of
Gottingen,
which
he
entered
in
1841,
while
in
his
eighteenth
year.
Were
he
attended
the
chemical
lectures
of
Woehler,
the
discoverer
of
organic
synthesis,
and
of
Professor
Himly,
the
well-known
physicist,
who
was
married
to
Siemens's
eldest
sister,
Mathilde.
With
a
year
at
Gottingen,
during
which
he
laid
the
basis
of
his
theoretical
knowledge,
the
academical
training
of
Siemens
came
to
an
end,
and
he
entered
practical
life
in
the
engineering
works
of
Count
Stolberg,
at
Magdeburg.
At
the
University
he
had
been
instructed
in
mechanical
laws
and
designs;
here
he
learned
the
nature
and
use
of
tools
and
the
construction
of
machines.
But
as
his
University
career
at
Gottingen
lasted
only
about
a
year,
so
did
his
apprenticeship
at
the
Stolberg
Works.
In
this
short
time,
however,
he
probably
reaped
as
much
advantage
as
a
duller
pupil
during
a
far
longer
term.
Young
Siemens
appears
to
have
been
determined
to
push
his
way
forward.
In
1841
his
brother
Werner
obtained
a
patent
in
Prussia
for
electro-silvering
and
gilding;
and
in
1843
Charles
William
came
to
England
to
try
and
introduce
the
process
here.
In
his
address
on
'Science
and
Industry,'
delivered
before
the
Birmingham
and
Midland
Institute
in
1881,
while
the
Paris
Electrical
Exhibition
was
running,
Sir
William
gave
a
most
interesting
account
of
his
experiences
during
that
first
visit
to
the
country
of
his
adoption.
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