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3 unusual facts about Karl Knortz


Karl Knortz

William F. C. Nindemann, Eines deutschen Matrosen Nordpolfahrten (A German sailor's journey to the North Pole; Zurich, 1885) Knortz edited this pamphlet by an arctic explorer.

He emigrated to the United States in 1863, where he engaged in teaching at Detroit 1864-1868, at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 1868–1871, and at Cincinnati 1871-1874.

William F. C. Nindemann

Nindemann invented a tong for the gaff of fore-and-aft rigged vessels, which was patented in 1883, and was the author of a pamphlet entitled “Eines deutschen Matrosen Nordpolfahrten” (A German sailor's journey to the North Pole), edited by Karl Knortz (Zürich, 1885).



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