BECK was born in Ospern on 30 May 1826 as son of a Schlösser. He was a Kalkbrenner in Ospern where he shared a house with his assistant Henri ERPELDING.
In July 1865 he applied for a patent of 12 years for a
Kalkofen
The Government informed BECK, through the Commissaire de district in Mersch, that the application needed to be filed in due form, i.e. that a number of documents had to be filed : 1° …; 2°…; 3° …; 4° … and returned the documents already supplied by BECK.
The latter did not file the required documents and the administrative file remained without technical content …