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Emanuel Goldberg

Israeli physicist and inventor

Emanuel Goldberg (Hebrew: עמנואל גולדברג; Yiddish: עמנואל גאָלדבערג; Russian: Эмануэль Гольдберг; 31 August 1881 – 13 September 1970) was a Russian-Israeli physicist and inventor. He was born in Moscow and moved first to Germany and later to Israel.2

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Born Aug 31, 1881, died Sep 13, 1970.1

About

He described himself as "a chemist by learning, physicist by calling, and a mechanic by birth." He contributed a wide range of theoretic and practical advances relating to light and media and was the founding head of Zeiss Ikon, the famous photographic products company in Dresden, Germany. His inventions include microdots, the Kinamo movie camera, the Contax 35 mm camera, a very early search engine, and equipment for sensitometry.

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Early life and education

In Germany Goldberg was noted for his educational displays at exhibitions, served as consultant on aerial photography in the First World War, and was a consultant to the Carl Zeiss firm in Jena. In Palestine and later Israel he was deeply engaged as an advisory to both civilian and military spheres. The apprenticeship scheme that he introduced in Tel Aviv provided advanced technical skills to many who went on to develop the Israeli high tech industry.

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Career

Occupation: technician, chemist, cinematographer, physicist.4

Publications (selected)

Goldberg, Emanuel: Beiträge zur Kinetik photochemischer Reaktionen. Dissertation. Universität Leipzig 1906.

Goldberg, Emanuel: Farbenphotographie und Farbendruck. Verlag des Deutschen Buchgewerbevereins. Leipzig 1908.

Goldberg, Emanuel: Densograph, ein Registrierapparat zur Messung der Schwärzung von photographischen Platten. In: Eder, Josef Maria (Hrsg.): Jahrbuch für Photographie und Reproduktionstechnik. Knapp. Halle a. S. 1910. S. 226–233.

Goldberg, Emanuel: The Densograph. In: British Journal of Photography. 57 (26. Aug. 1910), S. 649–651.

Goldberg, Emanuel: A new process of micro-photography. British Journal of Photography. 73 (13 August 1910) 462–65.

Goldberg, Emanuel: Die Herstellung neutral grauer Keile und verlaufender Filter für Photometrie und Photographie. In: Eder, Josef Maria (Hrsg.): Jahrbuch für Photographie und Reproduktionstechnik. Knapp. Halle a. S. 1911. S. 149–155.

Goldberg, Emanuel: Die Grundlagen der Reproduktionstechnik: In gemeinverständlicher Darstellung. Knapp. Halle a. S. 1912.

Goldberg, Emanuel: Führer durch die Gruppe Wissenschaftliche Photographie: Internationale Ausstellung für Buchgewerbe und Graphik Leipzig 1914. Knapp. Halle a. S. 1914.

Goldberg, Emanuel: Wissenschaftliche Photographie. In: Internationale Ausstellung für Buchgewerbe und Graphik Leipzig 1914: Amtlicher Katalog. Leipzig 1914. S. 160–165.

Goldberg, Emanuel: Gruppe VIII Reproduktionstechnik. In: Internationale Ausstellung für Buchgewerbe und Graphik Leipzig 1914: Amtlicher Katalog. Leipzig 1914. S. 185–187.

Goldberg, Emanuel: Der Aufbau des photographischen Bildes: Teil 1 Helligkeitsdetails. Knapp. Halle a. S. 1922.

Goldberg, Emanuel: A new process of micro-photography. In: British Journal of Photography. 73 (13. August 1925), S. 462–465.

Goldberg, Emanuel: Kinematographische Wolkenaufnahmen. In: Photo-Technik. Nr. 7. Zeiss Ikon AG. Dresden 1926. S. 145–148.

Goldberg, Emanuel: Kinamo S 10. In: Photo-Technik. Nr. 1. Zeiss Ikon AG. Dresden 1929. S. 18–19.

Goldberg, Emanuel: The retrieval problem in photography. In: Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 43 (4). 1932. S. 295–298.

Goldberg, Emanuel: Deutscher Vorschlag zur sensitometrischen Normung. In: Eggert, J./Biehler, A. v. (Hrsg.): Bericht über den VIII. Internationalen Kongress für Wissenschaftliche und Angewandte Photographie: Dresden 1931. Barth/Leipzig 1932. S. 100–101.

Goldberg, Emanuel: Die Grundlagen des Tonfilms. In: Eggert, J./Biehler, A. v. (Hrsg.): Bericht über den VIII. Internationalen Kongress für Wissenschaftliche und Angewandte Photographie: Dresden 1931. Barth/Leipzig 1932. S. 213–214.

Goldberg, Emanuel: Das Registrierproblem in der Photographie. In: Eggert, J./Biehler, A. v. (Hrsg.): Bericht über den VIII. Internationalen Kongress für Wissenschaftliche und Angewandte Photographie: Dresden 1931. Barth/Leipzig 1932. S. 317–320.

Goldberg, Emanuel: The retrieval problem in photography (1932). In: Journal of the American Society for Information Science 43 (4): S. 295–298.

Goldberg, Emanuel: Precision instruments industry. In: Hobman, J. B. (Hrsg.): Palestine's economic future: A review of progress and prospects. Lund, Humphries and Co. London. 1946. S. 238–243.

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Patents (selected)

Goldberg, Emanuel: 1903. GB. GB000190207923A. An Improvement in Electrolytically Coating Iron with Zinc.

Goldberg, Emanuel: 1903. US. US000000733028A. Electrolytically Coating Iron with Zinc.

Goldberg, Emanuel/Nowicki, Martin: 1926. US. US000001573314A. Enlarging camera.

Goldberg, Emanuel/Nowicki, Martin: 1928. US. US000001667110A. Film box.

Goldberg, Emanuel: 1929. US. US000001704189A. Motion-picture camera driven by alpha spring mechanism.

Goldberg, Emanuel/Fischer, Otto: 1929. US. US000001713277A. Film-spool construction.

Goldberg, Emanuel: 1929. FR. FR000000657787A. Machine statistique.

Goldberg, Emanuel: 1929. GB. GB000000288580A. Improvements in or relating to adding, sorting, statistical and like machines.

Goldberg, Emanuel: 1930. US. US000001747705A. Film-feeding device.

Goldberg, Emanuel/Fischer, Otto: 1930. US. US000001750401A. Cinematograph camera with clockwork driving mechanism.

Goldberg, Emanuel: 1930. US. US000001772774A. Cinema camera.

Goldberg, Emanuel/Fischer, Otto: 1930. US. US000001779468A. Cinematographic camera.

Goldberg, Emanuel: 1931. US. US000001789679A. Cinematographic camera.

Goldberg, Emanuel: 1931. US. US000001802598A. Film magazine.

Goldberg, Emanuel/Fischer, Otto: 1931. US. US000001804500A. Film box.

Goldberg, Emanuel: 1931. US. US000001830602A. Distance releasing device for moving picture cameras driven by a spring mechanism.

Goldberg, Emanuel: 1931. US. US000001838389A. Statistical machine.

Goldberg, Emanuel: 1934. US. US000001973203A. Nipkow disk for television.

Goldberg, Emanuel: 1939. DE. DE000000670190A. Vorrichtung zum Aussuchen statistischer und buchhalterischer Angaben.

Goldberg, Emanuel: 1940. DE. DE000000691162A. Statistische Maschine.

Goldberg, Emanuel: 1940. DE. DE000000697265A. Vorrichtung zum Aussuchen statistischer Angaben.

Goldberg, Emanuel: 1940. US. US000002225433A. Photographic camera for flexible materials sensitive to light.

Goldberg, Emanuel: 1953. GB. GB000000690268A. Improvements in or relating to refractometers.

Goldberg, Emanuel: 1953. US. US000002652744A. Photographic copying apparatus.

Goldberg, Emanuel: 1955. DE. DE000001706938U. Blendschutzvorrichtung fuer Kraftfahrzeuge.

Goldberg, Emanuel/Goldberg, Herbert: 1956. US. US000002768553A. Refractometers.

Goldberg, Emanuel/Goldberg, Herbert: 1961. US. US000002972926A. Refractometers.

Patents (Links)

International Patents: Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt

US-American Patents: freepatentonline

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Personal life

  • BornAug 31, 1881, Moscow5
  • DiedSep 13, 1970, Tel Aviv6
  • CitizenshipGermany, Israel, Russian Empire7

On 28 June 1907 Goldberg married Sophie Posniak (28 August 1886 – 10 December 1968). They had a son, Herbert Goldberg (born 20 November 1914) and a daughter Renate Eva, who later changed her name to Chava (born 19 September 1922). Chava married Mordechai Gichon in 1948. Goldberg's great-granddaughter is woodworker Aspen Gollan.

In 1990 Chava Gichon (Tel-Aviv) requested restitution of the property in the Oeserstraße 5 in Dresden, which Goldberg as director of Zeiss-Ikon had bought in 1927, but the real estate office did not approve an intended agreement with the owner at that time in August 1995.

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Awards

  • 1968Israel Prize8

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