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Leopold Katzenstein (July 23, 1843) Rhina (today Haunetal), former Kreis Hünfeld, Hessen, Germany – December 4, 1915 New York City) was a successful Naval Architect and Marine engineer. Katzenstein may have been raised in an orphanage after his father Abraham died. This may have been the Kassel Jüdisches Waisenhaus (translate: The Jewish Orphanage of Kassel) . He immigrated to the United States between 1868–1869 and founded ''L Katzenstein & Sons'' at 358 West Street in New York City.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=L . KATZENSTEIN & CO. )〕 His company were general machinists and sold engineer’s supplies including flexible tubular metallic packing for slipjoints and on steam pipes and highest grade anti-friction metal for bearings. He was also a successful inventor who held a number of patents; amongst others these included: - * Improvement In Packing, US Pat. No. 105,462〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Patent US105462 - Leopold katzenstein )〕 dated 19 July 1870. * Metallic Packing For Piston-Rods &c., US Pat. No. 228,200〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Patent US228200 - Leopold katzenstein )〕 dated 1 June 1880. * Metallic Rod-Packing, US Pat. No. 267,750〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Patent US267750 - Leopold katzenstein )〕 dated 21 November 1882. * Rod-Packing, US Pat. No. 301,998〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Patent US301998 - Rod packing )〕 dated 15 July 1884. * Water-Tight Bulkhead-Door, US Pat. No. 432,070〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Patent US432070 - paterson )〕 dated 15 July 1890. * Stuffing-Box, US Pat. No. 538,681〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Patent US538681 - Leopold katzenstein )〕 dated 7 May 1895. * Water-Tight Bulkhead-Door, US Pat. No. 539,953〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Patent US539953 - katzenstein )〕 dated 28 May 1895. For more information on his inventions, Google ininventor:"Leopold Katzenstein". Katzenstein married Sarah Hecht whose uncle Samuel Hecht, Jr founded Hecht's in Baltimore. Katzenstein was one of the founders of Temple Israel,〔http://www.templeisraelnyc.org/about-the-temple.html〕 which was first located at 210 West 91st Street on Manhattan's West Side and is currently located on 75th Street between Lexington and Park Avenues. ---- His obituary〔(Obituary in the New York Times, dd. December 4th, 1915 (PDF) )〕 in the New York Times 4 December 1915 read: ''Leopold Katzenstein, head of the firm of Leopold Katzenstein & Co., 358 West Street, and for the last forty-five years an inventor and manufacturer of attachments for steam engines, died yesterday at his home, 72 West Ninety-first Street. in his seventy-sixth year. He was born in Germany and received his education in the universities of his native country. Mr. Katzenstein came here forty-five years ago, and immediately commenced working on improvements for handling steam. Many of his inventions are used by ocean steamers all over the world. '' ''Mr Katzenstein was a member of the Society of Naval Architects, the Society of Marine Engineers, the Railroad Club, the Society of Naval Engineers of Washington, D. C.; the Technischer Verein of Germany, and a number of charitable organizations. His wife, three sons, and a daughter survive him.'' He also had a professional obituary in the Transactions - The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Transactions )〕 == References == 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leopold Katzenstein」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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