Sir William Siemens
idiomPart ofsiemens
Sir William Siemens — idiom
1. a biographical entry for the German-born British engineer and inventor (1823–188
1.idiom
Definition
a biographical entry for the German-born British engineer and inventor (1823–1883) after whom the Siemens family industrial company is named. The SI unit of conductance (siemens) was actually named after his older brother, Ernst Werner von Siemens.
Example
Sir William Siemens developed the regenerative furnace, which saved large amounts of fuel in steel-making.