The New International Encyclopædia/Uhland, Wilhelm Heinrich

UHLAND, Wilhelm Heinrich (1840—). A German engineer and writer on technology, born in Nordheim, Württemberg. In 1805 he founded the Technikum Mittweida, the first private institution for the instruction of machinists, and in 1868 organized the Technikum Frankenberg, near Chemnitz. He invented numerous improvements in the manufacture of starch, and contributed other inventions to various industries which have found extensive application throughout the world. He founded and became editor of the periodical Der praktische Maschinen-Constructeur, and wrote: Handbuch für den praktischen Maschinen-Constructeur (1883): Skizzenbuch für den praktischen Maschinen-Constructeur (16 vols., 1867-95); Die Corliss- und Ventildampfmaschinen (1879); Die Telephonanlagen (1881); Dampfmaschinen mit Schiebersteuerung (1881); Die Woolfschen und Compounddampfmaschinen (1882); Die Hebeapparate (1882-83); Das elektrische Licht und die elektriscke Beleuchtung (1884); Die Brotbäckerei, Biskuit- und Teigwarenfabrikation (1885).