Walter Zapp
Walter Zapp | |
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Inventor | |
Employer(s) | Valsts Elektrotehniskā Fabrika (VEF) Minox GmbH |
Known for | Invention of Minox subminiature camera |
Walter Zapp (Latvian: Valters Caps; 4 September [O.S. 22 August] 1905 – 17 July 2003) was a Baltic German inventor.[1] His best-known creation was the Minox subminiature camera.[2] Over the course of his life, he was granted over 60 patents.
Biography
Zapp was born in
During the
.After World War II, in 1945, he founded the Minox GmbH in Wetzlar, Germany. The company still exists.
In 2001, when he went to Latvia for the last time, he said that he had gone to celebrate his 100th birthday in Latvia. He died aged 97, in Binningen near Basel, Switzerland.[1]
Patents
The innovative design and technical solutions of Zapp's camera were patented around the world. VEF received 66 patents in 18 countries for Zapp's
Publications
Walter Zapp (1944). "Ein russisches Galvanometer". Physikalische Blätter (in German). 1 (9): 138–140. .
Awards and honors
In 2001, Walter Zapp received an
See also
References
- ^ OCLC 238892134.
Walter Zapp was born on 4 September 1905 in the family of a Riga merchant. His father was a British subject, but his mother was a Baltic German.
- ^ a b "Rangefinder". 59 (12). December 2010: 98.
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(help) - ^ Pēteris Skorovs (6 January 2014). "Minox Patents". Historical patents. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ^ "Walter Zapp". MINOX. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ^ "Minox Pocket Telescope T8". www.submin.com. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ^ Teenetemärkide kavalerid: Walter Zapp Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ^ "EUROPA. Eesti patendid/ 072-06-1994". Postmargid. Eesti Post. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
Further reading
- Morris G. Moses, John Wade. Spycamera: The Minox Story. 2nd, illustrated edition. HOVE FOTO BOOKS SATTER Incorporated, 1998. ISBN 9781874707288
- D. Scott Young. Minox: Marvel in Miniature. 1st Books, 2000. ISBN 1-58721-068-1
- Hubert E. Heckmann. MINOX The Queen of Spy Cameras, Variations in 8x11. Wittig Books, 2012. ISBN 978-3-88984-153-7