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  2. Philosophy of human rights - Wikipedia

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    There are also emerging and secular forms of natural law theory that define human rights as derivative of the notion of universal human dignity. [7] "Dignity" is a key term for the discussion of human rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights does not justify its claims on any philosophical basis, but rather it simply appeals to human ...

  3. History of human rights - Wikipedia

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    Some notions of righteousness present in ancient law and religion are sometimes retrospectively included under the term "human rights". While Enlightenment philosophers suggest a secular social contract between the rulers and the ruled, ancient traditions derived similar conclusions from notions of divine law, and, in Hellenistic philosophy, natural law.

  4. Siemens & Halske - Wikipedia

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    Siemens & Halske AG (or Siemens-Halske) was a German electrical engineering company that later became part of Siemens. It was founded on 12 October 1847 as Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske by Werner von Siemens and Johann Georg Halske .

  5. Werner von Siemens - Wikipedia

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    In 1843 he sold the rights to his first invention to Elkington of Birmingham. [8] Siemens invented a telegraph that used a needle to point to the right letter, instead of using Morse code. [9] Based on this invention, he founded the company Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske on 1 October 1847, with the company opening a workshop on 12 ...

  6. Johann Georg Halske - Wikipedia

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    In 1847 Halske founded the Siemens & Halske Telegraph Construction Company together with Werner von Siemens. [1] Halske was particularly involved in the construction and design of electrical equipment such as the press which enabled wires to be insulated with a seamless coat of gutta-percha , the pointer telegraph and the morse telegraph and ...

  7. Siemens - Wikipedia

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    Siemens & Halske (S & H) was incorporated in 1897 and then merged parts of its activities with Schuckert & Co., Nuremberg, in 1903 to become Siemens-Schuckert. In 1907, Siemens (Siemens & Halske and Siemens-Schuckert) had 34,324 employees and was the seventh-largest company in the German empire by number of employees.

  8. Hermann von Siemens - Wikipedia

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    He was the eldest son of Arnold von Siemens who himself was the eldest son of Werner von Siemens, the famous inventor and founder of Siemens & Halske, later to become the present-day Siemens AG. Hermann's mother Ellen, née von Helmholtz, was a daughter of Werner's close friend Hermann von Helmholtz , after whom his grandson was named.

  9. Siemensstadt - Wikipedia

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    The locality emerged when the company Siemens & Halske (S & H), one of the predecessors of today's Siemens, bought land in the area, in order to expand production of S & H and their subsidiary Siemens-Schuckertwerke (SSW) as well. On the initiative of Georg Wilhelm von Siemens, S & H started to build new factories in 1899. Soon also residential ...