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Rhomberg, Franz Martin
© Copyright Franz Martin Rhomberg, anonymous. painting Rhomberg, Franz Martin, b. Dornbirn (Vorarlberg), April 15, 1811, d. Dornbirn (Vorarlberg), May 17, 1864, dyer, founder of the yarn-dyeing works F. M. R. (1832) and of the Tyrolean Textile Industry in Sill near Innsbruck. 1853 opened a weaving mill with 160 looms. Constructed mechanical flax-spinning machines. Literature: H. Nägele, Zum 100jährigen Bestandsjubiläum der Firma F. M. R., 1932; ÖBL.
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