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06/12/1892 Father of the trolleybus dies

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Werner von Siemens: A source of inspiration

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Interesting Ernst Werner Von Siemens Facts

German electrical engineer and inventor Werner von Siemens improved the telegraph, invented trolleybus or electrically-charged sea mine. He claimed invention of the dynamo although others invented it earlier. SI unit of electrical conductance is named after him. Werner von Siemens also founded the Siemens AG company.
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