From 1892 to 1896 he studied mechanical engineering at the Vienna University of Technology, where he was assistant to Adalbert von Waltenhofen until 1899.
From 1900 to 1904, together with the engineer G. Winter (1869–1907), he developed the Winter Eichberg motor, a commutator motor with armature excitation (repulsion motor), in Berlin. In 1904, this powered Austria's first alternating current railway, the Stubaitalbahn. He advocated the electrification of the railway with 25 Hz.
Until 1912 he worked in the railway factory of the Union Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (which merged with AEG on 27 April 1904). In 1912 he moved to the Linke-Hofmann-Werke in Breslau. From 1921 he was a member of the board of AEG and later on the supervisory board of the company. In 1938, as a Jew, he managed to emigrate to the USA.
From 1900 to 1904, together with the engineer G. Winter (1869–1907), he developed the Winter Eichberg motor, a commutator motor with armature excitation (repulsion motor), in Berlin. In 1904, this powered Austria's first alternating current railway, the Stubaitalbahn. He advocated the electrification of the railway with 25 Hz.
Until 1912 he worked in the railway factory of the Union Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (which merged with AEG on 27 April 1904). In 1912 he moved to the Linke-Hofmann-Werke in Breslau. From 1921 he was a member of the board of AEG and later on the supervisory board of the company. In 1938, as a Jew, he managed to emigrate to the USA.
From 1892 to 1896 he studied mechanical engineering at the Vienna University of Technology, where he was assistant to Adalbert von Waltenhofen until 1899.
From 1900 to 1904, together with the engineer G. Winter (1869–1907), he developed the Winter Eichberg motor, a commutator motor with armature excitation (repulsion motor), in Berlin. In 1904, this powered Austria's first alternating current railway, the Stubaitalbahn. He advocated the electrification of the railway with 25 Hz.
Until 1912 he worked in the railway factory of the Union Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (which merged with AEG on 27 April 1904). In 1912 he moved to the Linke-Hofmann-Werke in Breslau. From 1921 he was a member of the board of AEG and later on the supervisory board of the company. In 1938, as a Jew, he managed to emigrate to the USA.
From 1900 to 1904, together with the engineer G. Winter (1869–1907), he developed the Winter Eichberg motor, a commutator motor with armature excitation (repulsion motor), in Berlin. In 1904, this powered Austria's first alternating current railway, the Stubaitalbahn. He advocated the electrification of the railway with 25 Hz.
Until 1912 he worked in the railway factory of the Union Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (which merged with AEG on 27 April 1904). In 1912 he moved to the Linke-Hofmann-Werke in Breslau. From 1921 he was a member of the board of AEG and later on the supervisory board of the company. In 1938, as a Jew, he managed to emigrate to the USA.
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DIED AT ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
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