RARE 1882 Robert Gulcher Australian Patent #3299 "Improvement in Electric Lamps"

Robert Gülcher (1850-1924), inventor and industrialist from Biała (now Bielsko-Biała in Poland, then in the Austrian Empire), considered to be one of the most prominent electrical engineers in Europe in 1880s. His most important inventions are discussed, such as the original and highly acclaimed low-voltage lighting system from the turn of the 1870s and 1880s, which made it possible to connect multiple arc lamps in parallel to a single source of electricity, consisting of an automatically regulating arc lamp and a DC dynamomachine. The arc lamp of this system was awarded the gold medal at the famous electrotechnical exhibition in Paris in 1881. Gülcher's original thermoelectric piles and storage batteries were also mentioned. Briefly described was the history of companies founded by Gülcher, the factories of The Gülcher Electric Light & Power Co., Ltd. in London (1882-1894) and founded in 1876 R.J. Gülcher (later, since 1894 known as Gülcher & Schwabe and since 1906 as Schwabe) in Bielsko-Biała, that still exists under the name Indukta.




On offer is a rare patent, No. 3299 lodged in Victoria, Australia on the 05/09/1882 by the famous inventor Robert Jacob Gulcher, Austria for "Improvements in Electric Lamps" The lot includes a large Photo lithograph of original drawings and the complete patent wording. It is understood that these patents were issued as loose sheets as periodicals by the Victorian Government to Lawyers and Institutions with an end result of compiling patents for the calendar year. Also noted is that an unrelated patent No. 3301 lodged "For Storing Electrical Energy" is included in the lot as it forms part of the page which includes the Electric lamp patent. The drawing sheet is 43cms x 27cms when unfolded & the page 27cms x 20cms.

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