Editing Burmeister & Wain (section)

===Earliest years===
[[Carl Christian Burmeister]] (1821–1898) was born into poverty.  The son of a cook and restaurant keeper, he studied at the Polytechnical Institute in Copenhagen from 1836 to 1846, now the [[Technical University of Denmark]].  He had been awarded a scholarship abroad after recommendation following an assistantship to [[Hans Christian Ørsted]] (1777–1851) who was director there at the time.  Burmeister joined the H.H. Baumgarten Company in 1846, which became a partnership with the opening of its engineering works, and was renamed B&B.<ref>{{cite web|url=   http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/S%C3%B8fart_og_luftfart/Skibsv%C3%A6rftsdirekt%C3%B8r/C.C._Burmeister     |title=C.C. Burmeister|website=  Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, Gyldendal |author=   Georg Nygaard  |access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=      https://runeberg.org/dbl/19/0484.html|title=  Ørsted, Hans Christian, 1777-1851|website=  Dansk biografisk Lexikon
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[[File:Carl Baagøe - Refshaleøen.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The B&W shipyard painted by [[Carl Baagøe]]]]

Soon came the establishment of the B&B foundry in 1847, the delivery of its first [[steam engine]] in 1848, the renting of the Jacob Holm Shipyard at the 'Englishman's Place' in 1851, and the delivery of their first ship S/S Hermod in 1854, before Baumgarten retired from regular duties in 1861.  With Baumgarten as a co-owner, in 1865, [[William Wain]] (1819–1882) joined what then became B&W.  In 1872 the company became A/S B&W  (''Aktieselskabet Burmeister & Wain''), a limited liability corporation.  That same year saw the founding of the Refshale Island shipyard.  At this point, Baumgarten, as the first founder, became a director of the board of what he would see become '''Burmeister & Wain''' ''Maskin- og Skibsbyggeri'' (Engineering and Shipbuilding) in 1880. Wain, from [[Bolton]], England had apprenticed as an engineer in his youth and come up through the trades.  He had worked for the [[Royal Danish Navy]] and the Royal Dutch dockyards.  He came to have several designs to his credit within the company and his ingenuity was seen as "instrumental" in establishing its reputation.<ref>{{cite web|url=  https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/William_Wain |title=  William Wain (1819-1882)|website=   Grace's Guide Ltd.  
|access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref> In 1881 B&W bought the patent for a [[Separator (milk)|milk separator]] from [[Maglekilde Machine Factory#History|Peterson Brothers]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=1888-10-06 |title=DANISH BUTTER. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article235695972 |access-date=2024-05-06 |work=Daily Telegraph}}</ref> and by 1905 produced a range of dairy equipment,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tedIAAAAYAAJ&dq=burmeister&pg=RA1-PA318 |title=The Dairy |date=1905 |page=317 |language=en}}</ref> employing about 3,000 staff in their 'Perfect' works in Copenhagen.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 November 1904 |title=A Palmerstonian's Travels. Manawatu Standard |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19041116.2.47 |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref>

[[File:Burmeister og Wain (1885 painting).jpg|thumb|Burmeister & Wain in 1885]]
[[File:8 cylinder Burmeister & Wain Diesel engine for MS Glenapp 1920.png|thumb|left|One of the eight-cylinder 3200 I.H.P. Harland and Wolff—Burmeister & Wain Diesel engines installed in the motorship ''Glenapp''. This was the highest powered Diesel engine yet installed in a ship. (1920)]]