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Though Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858–1929) was himself born in Vienna, his family seat, so to speak, was Wels , a little town about 25 km from Linz, the provincial capital of Upper Austria. Lying on the Traun River, it was an important hub in Roman times and eventually became the county seat of Wels -Land with a population of about 11,000 at the time of Auer’s birth.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    von Hueck [1].

  2. 2.

    Auer von Welsbach [2].

  3. 3.

    Auer von Welsbach [3].

  4. 4.

    It was customary for young craftsmen from the various professions, after completing an apprenticeship or an examination, to go on study tours to neighboring cities and countries to learn about innovations in the field and to share knowledge.

  5. 5.

    According to the Wikipedia webpage on European languages [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Europe, (last accessed 15 January 2018)] there are presently 72 official and semi-official languages used in the European Union, 306 languages in danger of extinction throughout the European continent, and 120 extinct languages, so Auer’s “capture” of 500 indigenous languages was virtually complete at the time.

  6. 6.

    Auer von Welsbach [4].

  7. 7.

    Auer von Welsbach [5].

  8. 8.

    http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/history/1848/revolution_of_1848.html (last accessed 15 January 2018)

  9. 9.

    Judson [6].

  10. 10.

    Sedlacek [7].

  11. 11.

    http://sciweb.nybg.org/Science2/Onlinexhibits/exhbtcata.html (last accessed 14 July 2018).

  12. 12.

    Auer von Welsbach [8].

  13. 13.

    Baldwin et al. [9].

  14. 14.

    Diamond [10]. “We now approach, for very brief notice, a variety of contributions illustrating several very important applications of photography. First among these may be mentioned the photolithographic process of Mr. Osborne, the photozincographic process of Col. Sir H. James, the photographic process of Mr. Fox Talbot, and the processes of Mr. Paul Pretsch, for producing, by the combined aid of photography and electricity, plates for printing in either intaglio or relief.”

  15. 15.

    The title of Ritter is equivalent to the British baronet.

  16. 16.

    Sedlacek [11].

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    Roland Adunka

  2. Department of Chemistry, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY, USA

    Mary Virginia Orna

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Adunka, R., Orna, M.V. (2018). Family Heritage. In: Carl Auer von Welsbach: Chemist, Inventor, Entrepreneur. SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77905-8_1

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