Hermann Aron

Inventor of the first electricity meter:

Herman Herrmann Aron was born in Kempen (now Kepno) on 01.10.1845 to a family of Jewish traders. His father wanted to make over his business to him one day but father’s affluent relatives saw the boy’s outstanding abilities and paid for his further education. Consequently, young Aron being sixteen went to Berlin where he finished high school and then graduated from Heidelberg University. He was an outstanding physicist and electrotechnician. Aron took over the chair after his great predecessor – Max Planck. In 1884 Herman Herrmann Aron constructed, on the basis of pendulum patterns, one of the first electricity meters which were put into use. In the same year his invention was protected by patent. Moreover, Aron was a pioneer in cordless telegraph and founder of a famous German concern H. Aron Elektrizitätszähler-Fabrik, GmbH. In 1897 the company had its branches in almost every place of the world. The company was present in Poland as well – in Swidnica where there still exists Fabryka Aparatury Pomiarowej PAFAL S.A. (APATOR Group).

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He was a German physicist and industrialist. His specialty was electrical engineering. Hermann Aron's workshop became an international company, the H. Aron Elektrizitätszählerfabrik GmbH. It produced electricity meters, electric clocks and time switches. In 1908, the company had 32 offices and representations in all major European countries. In Vienna in 1906, Aron founded Elektra-Apparatebaugesellschaft mbH in 1908. 1,000 employees were employed

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