Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe
German scientist and inventor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hermann Franz Joseph Hubertus Maria Anschütz-Kaempfe (3 October 1872 – 6 May 1931) was a German art historian and inventor. He was born in Zweibrücken and died in Munich.
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Not to be confused with Hermann Anschütz.
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Born | Hermann Franz Joseph Hubertus Maria Anschütz-Kaempfe (1872-10-03)3 October 1872 Zweibrücken, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
Died | 6 May 1931(1931-05-06) (aged 58) Munich, Germany |
Nationality | German |
Occupation(s) | Art historian, inventor |
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In his quest to navigate to the North Pole by submarine, he became interested in the concept of the gyrocompass. In 1905 he founded, with Friedrich Treitschke, the company Anschütz & Co (today Anschütz GmbH) in Kiel, Germany. Anschütz was the first firm to manufacture gyroscopic navigation instruments, which Anschütz-Kaempfe designed. One of his staff was Maximilian Schuler, who made the fundamental discovery of Schuler tuning.