Henry Troemner
Henry Troemner (1809–1873) was a German-American entrepreneur. He started the Henry Troemner Company, known today as Troemner Inc. The company produced balances and scales.
Troemner immigrated to the United States in 1832 and settled initially in New York City, then, by 1843,
Assay Office in New York, and the San Francisco Mint
.
According to Ernest Child, Troemner was probably the first American manufacturer to follow the French mathematician
balance design. This is distinguished by the load being superimposed on the beam, rather than suspended from the beam, and allowed faster weighings.[1]
After his death in 1873 his wife Catherine inherited the business, which was kept in the family until incorporating in 1955.
Notes
- ^ Child, Ernest. The Tools of the Chemist. New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation (1940), p. 88. Cited in Shannon and Shannon.
References
- John Meeks Shannon and Geraldine Collins Shannon. The Henry Troemner Company. Robert A. Paselk Scientific Instrument Museum at Humboldt State University.
External links
- Troemner history at Troemner Inc. site