Joh. Weiss & Sohn Werkzeugfabik in Wien 1909 Catalog
booksandtools.com
Hardware / Tools

Joh. Weiss & Sohn Werkzeugfabik in Wien 1909 Catalog

$65.00
{{option.name}}: {{selected_options[option.position]}}
{{value_obj.value}}
Store Logo

BooksAndTools

View Store

Joh. Weiss & Sohn Werkzeugfabik in Wien 1909 Catalog 1909 Edition - Reprinted by Mid-West Tool collectors Association, April 1980 Very well illustrated 106 pages Joh. Weiss & Sohn 1909 Catalog of 1909. The company is one of the oldest plane makers still in existence, and was founded 1820 by a Bavarian carpenter, Johann Baptist Weiss, who emigrated to Vienna, Austria, in 1809. Weiss was succeeded by his son J. B. Weiss, Jr. who, according to history, was on the cutting edge of modern business practices – using market analysis and time studies before 1850. To promote exports he competed in the great 19th Century Expositions, most notably in London in 1851, Paris in 1855, St. Petersburg, and Sydney in 1879. Due to a devastating fire in 1945, where all records were lost, it is unsure when the company first started exporting to the United States, but it is estimated they started around about 1850 or so. In 1911 Weiss acquired the firm of D. Flir Vorm. Franz Wertheim, a manufacture

Show More Show Less