Andreas Friedrich Bauer
Andreas Friedrich Bauer | |
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| Born | 18 August 1783 Stuttgart, Württemberg, Germany |
| Died | 27 December 1860 (aged 77) |
| Occupation | Engineer |
Andreas Friedrich Bauer (18 August 1783 – 27 December 1860) was a German engineer who developed the first functional steam-powered printing press with his colleague Friedrich Koenig, who had invented the technology and sold it to The Times in London in 1814.[1]
Life
Bauer studied mathematics and philosophy in Tübingen and earned his doctorate in his faculty before apprenticed to a mechanic in his hometown Stuttgart. In 1805, Bauer emigrated to Great Britain, where he met Friedrich Koenig in 1807.[2] From 1815 onward, he was Koenig's employee and partner in England. Together, they developed, built, and improved, among other things, a high-speed printing press for the London Times.[3]
In 1818, Bauer and Koenig moved back to Germany and Bauer joined Koenig in 1817 to found Koenig & Bauer at the Oberzell monastery near Würzburg. Bauer's grave is located in the cemetery of Oberzell Monastery.
Printing capacity
The table lists the maximum number of pages which the various press designs of Koenig & Bauer could print per hour, compared to earlier hand-operated printing presses:
| Hand-operated presses | Steam-powered presses | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gutenberg-style ca. 1600 |
Stanhope ca. 1800 |
Koenig & Bauer 1812 |
Koenig & Bauer 1813 |
Koenig & Bauer 1814 |
Koenig & Bauer 1818 | |
| Impressions per hour | 240[4] | 480[5] | 800[1] | 1100[6] | 2000[7] | 2400[7] |
References
- ^ a b Bolza 1967, p. 83
- ^ epilog.de: Koenig&Bauers 1000. Schnellpresse - Illustrirte Zeitung - 1.4.1865 (in German), retrieved 17 February 2026
- ^ History of Information: Koenig and Bauer Remind Visitors to the Great Exhibition that They Invented the First Printing Machines, retrieved 17 February 2026
- ^ Wolf 1974, pp. 67f.
- ^ Bolza 1967, p. 80
- ^ Bolza 1967, p. 87
- ^ a b Bolza 1967, p. 88
Sources
- Bolza, Hans (1967), "Friedrich Koenig und die Erfindung der Druckmaschine", Technikgeschichte, 34 (1): 79–89
- Wolf, Hans-Jürgen (1974), Geschichte der Druckpressen (1st ed.), Frankfurt/Main: Interprint
External links
Media related to Andreas Friedrich Bauer at Wikimedia Commons