Abstract
ALL interested in the advance, during the last fifty years, of the industry of illumination, will read with pleasure this short biography of Auer von Welsbach, the well-known pioneer in this field, issued by the “Austrian Institute for Research on the History of Technology”. The development of the three important discoveries of Auer, the ‘Welsbach mantle’ for gas light, the osmium wire electric lamp, and the cerium-iron-alloy gas-lighter, is ably traced, and includes valuable chapters on the historical background.
Auer von Welsbach
Von Dr. Franz Sedlacek. (Österreichisches Forsch-ungsinstitut für Geschichte der Technik in Wien: Blätter für Geschichte der Technik, Heft 2.) Pp. viii + 85. (Wien: Julius Springer, 1934.) 3.60 gold marks.
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P., F. Auer von Welsbach. Nature 137, 254 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137254a0
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