Made in Germany - The Trend Setter #3 Mystery Cache
Made in Germany - The Trend Setter #3
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There will be a BONUS CACHE so please make a note of the bonus number in the logbook.
This is a series of caches that I was inspired to create by Red_Family's series of Homburg caches called Grosse Namen and Ich Trage Einen Grossen Namen.
Each of the people in this series were born (MADE) in Germany. Later in life they immigrated to the USA and became citizens of America. Many of them had a great influence on the USA and the rest of the world. I hope that each person who completes this series learns a little bit more about how our two countries, German and The United States of America, are forever connected.
HINT:
I am a man.
I was born in the Upper Franconia area of what is now Bavaria,
I am dead.
Too difficult? These hints might make it easier.
You probably have something I made in your house right now.
I never married.
First I lived in New York City, then Louisville Kentucky, and later I lived in San Francisco.
Do you know who I am now? No?
I left Germany when I was 18 and became a US citizen in 1853
I was the first to mass produce what I am famous for.
The University of California, Berkeley has a Foundation in my name which began in 1897.
You can find the final at:
N 49.A.BCD
E 7.E.FGH
To solve use the NUMBER value of the letters in the persons name. I.E. A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4,...Z=26.
A = 3rd letter of the first name + 2nd letter of the first name - 1
B = 2nd letter of the first name - 4th letter of the last name
C = 5th letter of the last name - 3rd letter of the last name
D = (1st letter of the first name / 3) + 2nd letter of the first name
E= 2nd letter of the last name + 4th letter of the first name
F = 2nd letter of the last name - 3rd letter of the last name
G = (1st letter of the last name + 2nd letter of the first name) / 1st letter of the first name
H = 3rd letter of the first name - 3rd letter of the last name.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Hfr zl Nzrevpna anzr.