How to Pronounce Philip Diehl (inventor)
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Jan 29, 1847 Flörsheim Dalsheim, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany Died on 07 Apr 1913 (aged 66)
German-American engineer and inventor
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About Philip Diehl Inventor
- Philip H.
- Diehl (January 29, 1847 – April 7, 1913) was a German-American mechanical engineer and inventor who held several U.S.
- patents, including electric incandescent lamps, electric motors for sewing machines and other uses, and ceiling fans.
- Diehl was a contemporary of Thomas Edison and his inventions caused Edison to reduce the price of his incandescent bulb. He occasionally spelled his first name 'Phillip'.In July 1868, he immigrated to New York City where he worked in several machine shops before finding work as an apprentice with the Singer Manufacturing Company.
- In 1870 or 1871 he was transferred to Chicago, Illinois and worked at Remington Machine Company until 1875.
- He lost all of his possessions in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
- In 1873, Diehl married Emilie Loos in Chicago.In 1875, Diehl moved to Elizabeth, New Jersey and took charge of experimental work improving sewing machines at the Singer plant.
- His daughter, Clara Elvira, was born April 2, 1876.
