AEG
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AEG (Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft, General Electricity Company) was a German producer of electronics and electrical equipment. AEG was founded in 1883 by Emil Rathenau who had bought some patents from Thomas Edison.
AEG bought Kühlstein in 1902, founding the division Neue Automobil Gesellschaft (New Automobile Company), to make cars. AEG withdrew from car production in 1908.[1]
Additionally, AEG manufactured a range of aircraft from 1910 to 1918. One of the planes designed an built was the R-plane (the R was an abbreviation of "Riesenflugzeug" (giant aircraft)) AEG R.1. This aircraft was powered by four 260 h.p. Mercedes D.IVa engines linked to a combination leather cone and dog clutch. The first flight test were very satisfactory, but on September 3, 1918 the R.1 broke up in the air killing its seven crewmen. During WWII AEG engineers played a significant role in developing the magnetic audio tape recorder.
In 1967 AEG joined with Telefunken and in 1969 they started working with Siemens AG. In 1985 AEG was bought by Daimler-Benz. The Household Appliances business was sold to Electrolux in 1996. The Transportation business was reorganized into Adtranz which was sold to Bombardier later.
Later the company was wholly integrated into DaimlerChrysler and in 1997 the company was split. In 2005 Electrolux bought the brand name. Today several former departments of AEG still exist and use the AEG name.
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[edit] Aircraft Models
- AEG B.I
- AEG B.II
- AEG B.III
- AEG C.I
- AEG C.II
- AEG C.III
- AEG C.IV
- AEG C.V
- AEG C.VIII
- AEG D.I
- AEG DJ.I
- AEG Dr.I
- AEG F.1
- AEG G.I
- AEG G.IV
- AEG J.I
- AEG J.II
- AEG R.I
[edit] Automobile Models
- NAG Typ A
- NAG Typ B
- NAG Typ B2
[edit] Notes
- ^ David Burgess Wise, "NAG", in Tom Northey, ed., World of Automobiles (London: Orbis Publishing Ltd., 1974), Volume 13, pp.1479-80.
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