Arthur Scherbius - Wikipedia
Arthur Scherbius (30 October 1878 – 13 May 1929) was a German electrical engineer who invented the mechanical cipher Enigma machine. [1] He patented the invention and later sold the machine under the brand name Enigma.
Enigma machine - Wikipedia
The Enigma machine was invented by German engineer Arthur Scherbius at the end of World War I. [4] The German firm Scherbius & Ritter, co-founded by Scherbius, patented ideas for a cipher machine in 1918 and began marketing the finished product under the brand name Enigma in 1923, initially targeted at commercial markets. [ 5 ]
Arthur Scherbius, Inventor of Enigma – Station HYPO
Oct 30, 2021 · Arthur Scherbius was a German electrical engineer who patented an invention for a mechanical cipher machine, later sold as the Enigma machine. Scherbius was born in Frankfurt am Main and his father was a businessman.
History of the Enigma - Crypto Museum
The first Enigma machines were developed by Arthur Scherbius between 1917 and 1920, but were built after the company had been dissolved into Gewerkschaft Securitas and a few years later into Chiffriermaschinen AG.
Dr. Arthur Scherbius - IT History Society
A German electrical engineer who patented an invention for a mechanical cipher machine, later sold as the Enigma machine. He was born in Frankfurt am Main and studied electricity at the Technical College in Munich, and then went on to study at the Technical College in Hanover, finishing in March 1903.
The Enigma Machine - The National Museum of Computing
The machine was given the brand name Enigma by German engineer Arthur Scherbius, who developed it for commercial use, minus the plugboard, after World War One. In 1926 the German Navy adopted it, followed two years later by the Army, then by the Air Force in 1935.
Breaking the Code: The Secrets of Enigma Cipher Machines
Dec 7, 2017 · In 1918 a German electrical engineer named Arthur Scherbius patented his invention for a mechanical cipher machine.
DPMA | 100 years of Enigma - Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt
One hundred years ago, on 23 February 1918, Arthur Scherbius (1878-1929) filed a patent application for his first “cipher apparatus” ( DE416219), which already contained the essential elements of the Enigma.
Enigma Patents - Crypto Museum
The first patent for an Enigma machine, or at least something that would eventually evolve into an Enigma machine, was filed by the German inventor Arthur Scherbius in 1918 . He worked in close collaboration with Hugo Alexander Koch [2] from The Netherlands, who had also patented a …
Arthur Scherbius invented his Enigma machine in 1918. It was the first of a number of models, which gradually improved over the next few years. U.S. Patent 01657411 was granted for Enigma in 1928.