Der Werdegang eines Ingenieurs
Wien: Springer-Verlag, 1950. First Edition. 8vo. vii, 207 pp. Publisher's tan wrappers in fine condition (slight age toning). Item #23366
An autobiographical account of the career of the Austrian electrical engineer Emanuel Rosenberg, tracing the development of electrical engineering from the late nineteenth century through the first half of the twentieth century. Rosenberg discusses his education, engineering career, major electrical technologies and companies, travels in Europe and America, the First World War and internment, the collapse of Austria-Hungary, postwar Austria, and his eventual emigration. A valuable firsthand account combining the history of technology with European industrial and political history.
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