Oskar von Miller
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Oskar Franz Xaver Miller, since 1875 von Miller, was a German engineer and founder of the Deutsches Museum, a large museum of technology and science in Munich.
Oskar von Miller
The 1891 International Electrotechnical Exhibition was held between 16 May and 19 October on the disused site of the three former Westbahnhöfe in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The exhibition featured th
Oskar von Miller
…in 1884 in Munich. In 1890 he founded his own engineering office, which soon became prominent in the energy industry. He took over management of the electrotechnical exhibition at Frankfurt am Main in 1891. At this exhibition Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky succeeded in transmitting 20,000 V three-phase alternating current 176…
Contemporary image showing the entrance to the exhibition site with arches and electrically powered waterfall
International Electrotechnical Exhibition of 1891 on the site of the former Western Railway Stations at Frankfurt am Main
Entrance to the exhibition
Distinguished visitors at the power station: photograph by Oskar von Miller. Among others: Karl von Leibbrand, Emil Rathenau, Marcel Deprez, Gisbert Kapp, Dr. John Hopkinson, Charles Brown, Emil Huber, and the telecommunications pioneer William Henry Preece, who would later be knighted.