HOFFMANN Friedrich

(1818 - 1900)
Gröningen (DE)

Friedrich Eduard HOFFMANN was Königlicher Baumeister (Architekt) in Berlin and the inventor of the Hoffmann’scher Ringofen or, in English, Hoffmann kilns patented and used throughout the world in the 1860s. The original title of the invention was : “Ringförmiger Ofen zum ununterbrochenen Betriebe beim Brennen aller Arten von Ziegeln und Tonwaren, Kalk, Gips und dergleichen”.

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