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Forstner Van Dambenoy
Forstner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Benjamin Forstner Benjamin Forstner (25 March 1834 – 27 February 1897), was an American gunsmith, inventor, and dry goods merchant. Early life Forstner was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Forstner bit In 1886, Forstner patented the Forstner bit. The ... (1834–1897), an American gunsmith, inventor and dry-goods merchant * Siegfried von Forstner (1910–1943), a German U-boat commander * Thomas Forstner (b. 1969), Austrian singer References {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Forstner
Benjamin Forstner (25 March 1834 – 27 February 1897), was an American gunsmith, inventor, and dry goods merchant. Early life Forstner was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Forstner bit In 1886, Forstner patented the Forstner bit. The bit was revolutionary as it did not feature the lead screw (which Forstner called the "gimlet-point") or and thus proved especially useful to gunsmiths and high-end woodworkers. The bit was unsurpassed in drilling a smooth-sided hole with a flat bottom. It was also better than Russell Jennings twist bits for boring at an angle and not following the grain of the wood. Forstner eventually made arrangements for the manufacturing and sale of his bit with two Connecticut firms: Colt's Manufacturing Company of Hartford, and Bridgeport Gun Implement Company, successors to Union Metallic Cartridge Company. The Forstner bit continues to be manufactured, although it has evolved into a split-ring design. Also, modern Forstner bits normally feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siegfried Von Forstner
Korvettenkapitän Siegfried Freiherr von Forstner (19 September 1910 – 13 October 1943) was a German U-boat commander during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He and his entire crew of were killed in action on 13 October 1943. Background Von Forstner was the son of an aristocratic Prussian family whose men had served for generations as Army and Navy officers. His younger brother Wolfgang Friedrich (born in 1916) was also a U-boat commander, and two other brothers (Ernst Richard and Hans Dietrich) were Army officers. Wolfgang was the only brother to survive World War II. Their great-grandfather and grandfather had been army officers, and their father was a general, Ernst Freiherr von Forstner (1869–1950), who had won the Pour le Mérite with cluster as a regimental commander during World War I. Their uncle George Gunther von Forstner had commanded and during World War I, and another uncle of the Imperial Navy had died in that con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
