and Iio rotircd to Zollikon, iicw Ziiriclt. r\ftcr n short illness, wliicli was followed by a n opcr:i tion, lio pnsscd irwny oarly iii April, i n his 68th yeiir. Tho following ndditioiinl facts wcro written by Sittidlncyer wis bor,n iii lVcttin ~i i (Anrg:iu) in \rho wns n tc:iclicr of ~i n t u r n l ticicticc iiiid iigriculturo. O w i i i g to this c:ilaitiity; liiti ~iiotlicr h d to rosumc lior former occit pitioii of scliool teiiclicr, n t Anrnu, wlicrc Traiigott :itkwdcd t!tc

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... scliool. Stimul.itcd by rciidiii scteutific books from liis f:itlicr's iibrnrx, ~i c fcrc~opcd :i great inkrcst in physical npp;iratus :iiid itiniiual work so tliat iiistcnd of proccetlitig to tltc c:iiitonal sc~iooj lie ciitcrctl iin ciigiiiccriiig workshop. 1 hrcc yc:irs Inter Iio olit:iiiicd ciiiploy~ticiit in tlic 1iiccli:iiiic:d r i n d optical sliop of J. 14'. Mcicr, of Zurich, but his Iicalth failed, ,:iiid liis iiiotlicr 1i:iriitg coitio tii lire iii Xiiridt, 1113 d:irtctl :I \\olkShlJli i t i his o\vii hoiiio :iiitl sitpplictl :tpli:iriitiis t o t!ic cliettii~:~l dcpnrtmcnts of the 1Wcr:iI l'olytecliii~c. In this w11y 110 w:ia brought into cotit:wt with tlic profcssorid staff, 11iit1 iii IPS:! Itc 1icc:iiiic Iccturca:issisL:wt t o l'ictor Jlcycr, :iiiil fiooii started inrcstigntioiis wliicli ircrc pulilislicd ~iiliscc~uciitly iti tho Ilcrich t c . In 18% Iio :icco~iqiniiicd f i c t o r blcycr to Gijttiiiget1 for olio scIIIcs1er, rlllll t l l c l l rt~tiirllctl to Ziiricli, wlicro Iic scrvcil for tlircc: gc;trs iitiiler 11:iii~~scli. In ISSS, nftor tlirw ofl'crs from dyciiiiitiufncturcrs, lie joiiicd tlic firm of .J. R. Gciyy, thus rcnlisiiig his secret wish to ciitcr c1 tccluiicnl br:rticli of clicttiifitry. 111 1892 110 ttinrricd his titcpiiiwo blinn Ilillctar, of ?tliinwtlarf. 111 rccogiiitioii of liis n o r k , tltc University of 1 lcidclbcrg coiifcrrcd iipori liitii"i,n 1P91, tlic clcgrcc of Phil. I)oc., hotroris ciitisfi. lcti yerirs later lie W:IS i~lipoiiitcd ii director of .I. It. Gciw niiil Co., \rliicli wns tlicti cotircrtcd iiito a limited linliility coriip:i~iy ; :itit1 \rlicii tlio firiti cclclirntcd its 160th :intiircrs:iry in 1915, l i o WIS itiridc i i i i Iiotiornry doctor of tho 'l'cclinicnl " Iloclisrlinlc," Zurich.