Oechsle Christian Ferdinand

The German mechanic, goldsmith and inventor Christian Ferdinand Oechsle (1774-1852) was an inventive universal genius. After an apprenticeship as a goldsmith in Öhringen, Ferdinand Oechsle moved to Pforzheim in 1794 and became cabinet master in Dennig's goldware factory there in 1800. In 1810, he founded a mechanical workshop in Pforzheim and produced, among other things, weighbridges, musical instruments, and physical and hydraulic equipment for laboratories and universities. In 1820 he was appointed grand ducal gold inspector. His countless inventions include, for example, a safe oxyhydrogen blower for soldering work and the "wheel of life" (a predecessor of the cinematograph), which he published in Dingler's Polytechnisches Journal from 1825. He also ran a spirit distillery.

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