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    Magnus Volk FII (1851–1937) was a British-German inventor and pioneering electrical engineer. He is most notable for having built Volk's Electric Railway...
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    seafront of the English seaside resort of Brighton. It was built by Magnus Volk, the first section being completed in August 1883, and is the oldest...
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    English Channel between 1896 and 1901. It was designed by Magnus Volk to extend his Volk's Electric Railway from its terminus in Paston Place to the village...
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    seaplanes. He is also the second son of Magnus Volk, who built Volk's Electric Railway, and Anna Volk (born Banfield). Volk's younger brother Conrad wrote a biography...
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  • politician Magnus Volk (1851–1937), British electrical engineer Phil Volk (born 1945), American musician Rick Volk (born 1945), American footballer Rita Volk (born...
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    in Rottingdean. Among those buried in the churchyard are the inventor Magnus Volk, the stained-glass artist Charles Kempe and the distinguished lawyer...
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    Koskovich, "Des Dates clés de la vie de Magnus Hirschfeld", in Koskovich (ed.), Magnus Hirschfeld (1868–1935). Magnus Hirschfeld, Sex in Human Relationships...
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    engineer and inventor Magnus Volk. List of bands from Bristol Culture of Bristol Murray, Jake (29 November 2012). "Boris / Joe Volk - Split Release EP"...
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  • descendant of the pioneering British-German electrical engineer and inventor Magnus Volk. Campbell began his journalism career at the age of 13, writing for BBC...
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    application of electric motors to transportation. The company employed Magnus Volk as a manager in the development of their electric launch department....
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    kilometres (1.52 mi). It was installed by Siemens & Halske. In August 1883 Magnus Volk inaugurated the first of his electric railways at Brighton, using a 50 V DC...
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    undertaken by T. Boxall. In August 1883 local inventor Magnus Volk opened the first section of what became Volk's Electric Railway along the seafront, with its...
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    slaughterhouses. One resident of note was George Herbert Volk, second son of railway engineer Magnus Volk, who worked in a small workshop at 86 Gloucester Road...
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  • The first two electric vehicles were carried out in association with Magnus Volk, himself an inventor and engineer. News and illustrations of the 3- and...
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    Between 1894 and 1901 there was another electric railway, also created by Magnus Volk: the 'daddy long-legs' used tracks in the sea, avoiding the need to build...
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  • (2001). "Redescription of Diplogasteroides nasuensis Takaki, 1941 and D. magnus Völk, 1950 (Nematoda: Diplogastrina) associated with Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera)"...
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  • later joined as a director in both companies by Magnus Herman Volk, the eldest son of engineer Magnus Volk, who from an early age, had a keen interest in...
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  • Wanda Ventham, actress, was born in Brighton Adam Virgo, footballer Magnus Volk, electrical engineer and inventor Johnny Wakelin, musician, born in Brighton...
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    stands among the graves near the porch. Burials include local inventor Magnus Volk, master builder and Daylight Saving Time pioneer William Willett, and...
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    was laid on 20 January 1888, Willing's 70th birthday. Local inventor Magnus Volk—responsible for Britain's oldest surviving electric railway, an eccentric...
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    and Brighton-born inventor Magnus Volk—a pioneering electrical engineer who built an early electric car and the Volk's Railway, the world's oldest surviving...
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    railways and tramways'. He was a friend of the noted British inventors Magnus Volk and Moritz Immisch Photograph from Reckenzaun's obituary in Electrical...
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    by the GPO in 1912, forming a state monopoly on telephone services. Magnus Volk was the first Brighton resident to install a telephone: he connected...
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  • British Newspaper Archives (subscription required). Conrad Volk (October 1971). Magnus Volk of Brighton. Phillimore. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-900592-85-0. "...
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    cornice, a copper dome and an idiosyncratic time ball by local inventor Magnus Volk. Clock Tower, Preston Park Preston Village 50°50′26″N 0°08′41″W / 50...
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    Prestonville, except Dyke Road, is to be included in Phase 2. Inventor Magnus Volk lived at 128 Dyke Road towards the end of his life. Sculptor and artist...
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    them were John Marshall, who built the chapel, and Sarah Volk—mother of the inventor Magnus Volk. The membership grew to 19 at another meeting on 19 September...
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    Subway G-series built 1953-1959 Pioneer - an amphibious railcar used by Magnus Volk’s Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway 1894; scrapped 1910...
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    Railways. Horncastle: Morton's Media Ltd. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-906167-25-7. "Volk's Electric Sea Railway, Daddy Long Legs, The Brighton to Rottingdean Seashore...
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    engineering heritage award". Bbc.co.uk. 2013-04-05. Retrieved 2015-03-17. "Volks Electric Railway on Brighton seafront wins mechanical engineering award...
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