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siemens
/ˈsimənz/
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What does siemens mean?
noun
- In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical conductance; the electric conductance in a body that has a resistance of one ohm.
proper noun
- A surname from German.
- An unincorporated community in Bessemer Township, Gogebic County, Michigan, United States, named after Werner von Siemens.
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The recent work of Dr. Siemens has been to improve the pneumatic railway, railway signalling, electric lamps, dynamos, electro-plating and electric railways.
The car was made of bamboo rods, and in addition to its crew of three, it carried a Siemens dynamo, with 24 bichromate cells, each of which weighed 17 lbs.
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It is remarkable that, except Siemens, no European achieved fame in this early work, while from America the ideas and appliances of Edison, Van Depoele, Sprague, Field, Daft, and Short have been carried and adopted all over the world.