!!!Uchatius, Franz Freiherr von

b. Theresienfeld (Lower Austria), Oct. 20, 1811, 
d. Vienna (suicide), June 4, 1881, inventor, weapons engineer, Field 
Marshal Lieutenant, 1871 Commander of the artillery factory in the 
Vienna Arsenal. 1874 international renown for his invention of steel 
bronze ("U. steel bronze") especially suitable for casting artillery 
pieces; in the field of cinematography, invented a projector for 
moving pictures in 1846.



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