Goldschmidt, Rudolf, 1876-1950

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Name (Hebrew)

גולדשמיט, רודולף, 1876-1950

Name (Latin)

Goldschmidt, Rudolf, 1876-1950

Date of birth

1876

Date of death

1950

Gender

male

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Wikidata: Q119492

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Rudolf Goldschmidt (March 19, 1876, Neubukow, Mecklenburg - 1950, London) was a German engineer and inventor. Goldschmidt was born in Neubukow and earned an engineering degree in 1898. He spent the following decade working in England with major firms such as Westinghouse. Subsequently he returned to Germany and eventually became a professor at Darmstadt. In 1908 he developed a rotating radio-frequency machine, the Goldschmidt alternator, which was used as an early radio transmitter. He also invented a mechanical device, the Goldschmidt tone wheel, used in early radio receivers to receive the new continuous wave radiotelegraph signals. During the 1920s, Goldschmidt directed an industrial research lab in Berlin. Here he met Albert Einstein. In 1928, a singer with whom the physicist was acquainted suffered a hearing loss, which misfortune set Einstein to thinking about hearing aids. Soon he had an idea and asked Goldschmidt to help him develop a working model. In due course a patent was issued to Goldschmidt and Einstein on January 10, 1934. In 1934, Goldschmidt emigrated to England. He kept up his correspondence with Einstein until his death in Bournemouth in 1950. ( (Goldschmidt, Rudolf, DNB record via VIAF.) )

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