Max Graetz (1861-1936) was the President/CEO of the
Ehrich & Graetz
The Ehrich & Graetz metalworks was a factory established in 1866 in Berlin by Albert Graetz (1831–1901) and the tradesman Emil Ehrich (died 1887) under the name "Lampen-Fabrik Ehrich & Graetz OHG" (E&G). The logo of the firm was two seahorse-l ...
firm in Berlin. He was also the main inventor.
Between 1900-1916 he invented the
Petromax
Petromax is a brand name for a type of pressurised paraffin lamp ( US: kerosene lamp) that uses a mantle. They are as synonymous with the paraffin lamp in Continental Europe as Tilley lamps are in Britain and Coleman lanterns are in the United ...
lantern.
Ehrich & Graetz was a big metalworks firm until the Second World War.
See also
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Kerosene lamp
A kerosene lamp (also known as a paraffin lamp in some countries) is a type of lighting device that uses kerosene as a fuel. Kerosene lamps have a wick or mantle as light source, protected by a glass chimney or globe; lamps may be used on a t ...
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Petromax
Petromax is a brand name for a type of pressurised paraffin lamp ( US: kerosene lamp) that uses a mantle. They are as synonymous with the paraffin lamp in Continental Europe as Tilley lamps are in Britain and Coleman lanterns are in the United ...
Further reading
* Ernst Quadt: ''Deutsche Industriepioniere.'' Berlin 1940.
External links
www.petromax.nlHistorical Lamp Forum
1861 births
1936 deaths
20th-century German inventors
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