Hugo Adolph (Adolph) Steinheil
1832–93
German scientific-instrument maker and businessman. Qualified as an engineer, Munich, 1853. Worked in the Munich workshop of his father, Carl August von Steinheil, manufacturing optical and astronomical scientific instruments, from 1855; took over the business with his brother Eduard in 1865, trading under the name C. A. Steinheil Söhne.
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NDB
Bibliography
NDB: Neue deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 27 vols. (A–Wettiner) to date. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. 1953–.
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