Dávid Gestetner, inventor of the Stencyer

The Prépostszer of Csorna In 1784, Solomon Abrahamam was mentioned in a tax census, who was already in 1788 Leopoldus Gestettner vid. They are registered as Solomon. He is one of the earliest The first known ancestor of the Iselites established in Csorn.

THE XIX CENTURY. Century first Two Jewish families – Berger and Gestetner – lived in Csornán until the third The number of people in their home population ranged from 24-28 to a few. The community is spread in 1840. XXIX Tc. The effect of the country, then the Jews were recognized by the Legal residents. The momentum of social organization in the Bach-era Corrected by the regulation of the recognised deficiency, was ordered from 1850 Jewish registration.

THE XIX CENTURY. Mid-century Gestetner family, the family’s operation Gyöngyösy Pal, a Premonand provost in a diploma, followed by the head of the family, Samuel He became the first president of the Jewish parish in 1853.

1854. On 20 March, a Prestigious, widely recognized merchant family born Gestetner David. After completing elementary schools, his uncle became an apprentice in his He imagined a different career: new homeland, new goals.

The birthplace of David Gestetner

Adventure to America He lived there as a street stalled. Among other things, he was betesed by One accidentally broke. Curiously examining the wreck, he understood why Makes the delicate, long-stranded vegetable fiber from the eastern silk strong.

Returning to Europe In Vienna it became a clerk, but the copying of the statements was Kept. In 1880, a patented “wheeled pen” to solve the problem, the Cyclostyle Pen. After quick recognition in 1881, he moved to London in the Cross Streeten founded his first small plant. Mechanization of the stencilling revolutionized Reproduction procedures. Two rotary drum cylinders with mechanically driven The copy is copied from the grass-roots paint material to which the The free typewriter. The key element of the procedure was to Instead of a stencil that was experimented by others, she used the “Japanese” paper, Which, like the American fan, is made of fine, long-threaded plant fibres Made.

1906 in Tottenham Established a new plant and started to build an international branch network. Factories Nearly 6000 people were employed.

1929 Raymond Loewy Design of a clam-shaped machine is designed to “beauty, function and Simplicity “.

David Gestetner 1939. died on March 18 in Nice, France. Your company’s leadership in 1897 Born son of Sigmund, then his grandchildren David and Jonathan were taken over. The company The proliferation of Photocopy machines in the 1970-90s, now Independence. The fate of the Chorna branch of the Gestetner family was tragic 1945. 1943-45. The Labour and/or deportations between The 12 members of the family lost their lives.

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