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Visit of Taiwanese students. 2010. Getting to know each other. About me. Richard Selby. This is me!. Getting to know each other. About me. Richard Selby. This is me!. Traditional businesses in the Czech Republic. Traditional businesses in the Czech Republic. …..up to 1989. 1918 - 1993.
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Getting to know each other About me Richard Selby This is me!
Getting to know each other About me Richard Selby This is me!
Traditional businesses in the Czech Republic …..up to 1989
An appreciation of dates • Pre 1914 • Austro-Hungarian empire; Czechoslovakia created 1918 • 1918-1939 • 1939-1945 • German occupation • 1945-1989 • Communist regime (Influenced by Russia) • “Prague spring” 1968 • “Velvet revolution” November 1989 • Post 1989
Traditional industries • Three groups: • Engineering and “Heavy industry” • Specialised • Consumer items
Traditional industries (1) • Engineering and “Heavy industry” • Engineering • Skoda – cars, trucks and large engines • Tesla – electronic items: radios & TVs etc, Lighting, generators • Mining • “Black” coal • “Soft” coal • Clay • Graphite • Silver Uranium
Traditional industries (1) • Engineering and “Heavy industry” • Engineering • Skoda – cars, trucks and large engines • Tesla – electronic items: radios & TVs etc, Lighting, generators • Mining • “Black” coal • “Soft” coal • Clay • Graphite • Silver Uranium
“Open-cast” coal mining at Doly Bilina
Traditional industries (1) • Engineering and “Heavy industry” • Engineering • Skoda – cars, trucks and large engines • Tesla – electronic items: radios & TVs etc, Lighting, generators • Mining • “Black” coal • “Soft” coal • Clay • Graphite • Silver Uranium
Traditional industries (2) • Specialised • Chemical • Medical • Contact lenses • Films • Musical instruments • Agribusiness • Livestock milk/cheese/meat • Timber • Fruit/vegetables etc, etc, etc………
Prof. Otto Wichterle Inventor of the “soft” contact lens
On this home-built apparatus, Prof. Wichterle produced his first “soft” contact lens in his kitchen in 1961
Traditional industries (3) • Consumer items • Glassware • Lead crystal and cut-glass • Porcelain • Shoes • The “Bata” company
In more detail…. • Skoda • Tesla • Bata Shoe advertising
Traditional industries (3) • Consumer items • Glassware • Lead crystal and cut-glass • Porcelain • Shoes • The “Bata” company • Brewing Beer …….also, wines, spirits and other beverages: fruit drinks and mineral water
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