Carl Anton Henschel (* 23 April 1780 in Kassel; "† 19. May 1861 ebenda) was upper mountain advice and founder of engine works Henschel & son in Kassel in the year 1817.

Carl Anton Henschel originated from an old bell and stucco caster family. He was the oldest son of George Christian Carl Henschel and Friederike Storck, daughter of the hessian stucco caster Storck in Kassel, whose successor in office became George Christian Carl Henschel 1785.

With his brother, the later sculptor Johann Werner Henschel, Carl Anton Henschel visited the Lyzeum and the academy of arts of his hometown. Besides he worked in the workshops of his father practically, floated in the self-instruction, supported by private instruction, mathematics and 1797 as unpaid accessist with the building section to the technical government service was then taken up. In this position it sketched the large sucking and printing element for the saltworks Sooden Allendorf, which was implemented in the paternal business to 1801.

Its first firm employment received Henschel 1803 as a hessian building master of the saltworks Schmalkalden, where it in the same year Maria married. Here it remained, until one appointed it 1808 as a royally Saxonian building master to the saltworks after After three years Henschel became a royally mining engineer Ith class in Karl port. From this office it separated after two years, in order to accept the position of a hessian building supervisor on the saltworks Sooden. From here Henschel rejected in the years 1814, 1815 and 1816 three very favourable Anerbieten to step into Prussian or services out of consideration on and from attachment to its at that time badly pressed native country.

1814 invented Henschel the hydraulic chain blower and received from cure prince William I. the golden medal for trade diligence.

The government service did not offer the full satisfaction for Henschel, and were there its father and his brother due to the foreign rule with their business into heavy concerns guessed/advised, then Henschel decided to occur the paternal company. Considering its many services, which it had carried as an expert in the mountain, hut and saltworks nature for its father country out, the entrance into the paternal business and the transfer were not only granted to it to Kassel, but the hessian state gave an interest-free loan of 2000 Talern, which it could insert into the paternal business it. The was appointed the upper mining inspector at the same time. So Henschel could dedicate its technical abilities both to the father country and the family.

By this times (1817) to the dated company Henschel & Sohn therefore with good reason their existence as engine works, in place of in former times predominant foundry enterprise.

In government services of its homeland Anton Henschel, which had been appointed 1832 the upper mountain advice and member of the upper mountain and salt work management in Kassel, remained, until increasing forced him in the year 1845 to the resignation.

In the year 1833 Henschel went to London, in order to study the new courses of England. On this occasion he became acquainted with Brunell and Stephenson. In a letter to a friend, dates Kassel, 28 April 1833, says Henschel: In the railway thing I recognize a Wohltat for mankind and want to her seriously to dedicate itself, so well I am able.

In the same year Henschels appeared first writing: New Construction of the railways (Kassel 1833). Whereupon the flight writing suggestion of the application of an iron push pull cable to railways came out. After five years a contribution followed for the Constructions improvement of the railways (Kassel 1838) and as the latter to this topic: Some words over the mechanical part of the railways (Kassel 1844).

From other areas the following writings of Henschel are present: Thought over the continuous continuation of the creation from space and time (Kassel 1840), aesthetics of the higher architecture (Kassel 1850), the most comfortable Maass and weight system, based on the natural step of humans (Kassel 1855).

1837 invented Henschel the turbine designated after it, which was first used 1841 in Holzminden. Here she saw to Jouval and took successfully in France the patent on it, which one had refused in Hessen to the original inventor.

After Henschel had already received 1830 a Hessian privilege on the exclusive building from steam engines, he designed 1843 the water tube boiler. it kept 1845 d'encouragement for it from the pour l'industrie national in of Paris the large golden medal and 6000 francs.

In the most diverse fields of the technology Henschel did not only try, but also in its time protruding carried out. Thus he built 1811 the first German cylinder blower, 1820 took up it the building of the Stanhope' printing presses and 1825 the production of cold-drawn lead tubes. 1843 it began steam shipbuilding. Also the bell and cannon casting played in his enterprise into the 50's and 60's-years 19. Century still another role. Since 1840 the important area of the machine tool manufacture had been taken up, on which in the building of very heavy machines protruding was particularly carried out. Also the bridge construction, the building of steam engines and particularly of steam boilers took, under Anton Henschel the beginning.

Henschel celebrated the golden wedding on 28 August 1853, however its wife, 1860 his son Carl lost 1857 and lost in addition apart from its for a long time weak hearing in the last years the eyesight.

To different scholarly society Henschel belonged so to the Niederrheini society for nature and medicine in Bonn, the society as a member, for the transport of useful arts in Frankfurt/Main, the association for the transport of the trade diligence in Prussia, the tradesman's unions to Darmstadt and Kassel and the association for railway customer in Berlin.

Source

• Article Karl Anton Henschel of Franz Maria Feldhaus in the general German biography, Bd. 50, P. 568-570.

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