In 1932, he traveled with his engineer friend Rigó fromBudapest toBerlin (more than 1000 km = 625 mi) on a motorcycle with a sealed gear shift. His other important invention was the automatic gear shift. In the USA it became known as the BIRÓ PEN. Finally in 1948 the Parker Company bought his patent. By 1938, he had patented it in over 100 countries. József László Biró’s most famous invention was the ballpoint pen. Between 19, he was a journalist, sculptor, painter, art critic, stock broker, hypnotizer, race-car driver, car salesman and of course an inventor. He first studied medicine, but Biró was a many sided person. József László Bíró was born in Budapest and died in Buenos Aires, Argentina. More than 30 internationally recognized inventions His remains were buried in Gyulavár, the place of his birth.īALLPOINT PEN, AUTOMATIC SHIFT, STEAM POWERED WASHING MACHINE Two years before he died, he wrote his autobiography, titled Az élet erösebb (Life Is Stronger). It is unbelievable, that this great scientist didn’t receive a Nobel prize. After he retired, he continued his research activity till the end of his life. In 1948, he left Hungary, and became professor of the Physics Department at the George Washington University in Washington. He was engaged in the development of television as early as 1936. Zoltán Bay, the world renown physicist, was the first to perform the following experiment, as a research engineer of the Standard Factory in Budapest, in 1943: he sent ultra-short radio waves to the moon, which, reflected from there worked as a radar, and could be used to measure distance, as well as to study the moon. In 1930 he became professor of physics at the University of Szeged.
He studied in Debrecen, at the Pázmány Péter University of Sciences in Budapest, where he received his Ph.D. Zoltán Bay was born in Gyulavár and died in Washington D.C. LUNAR – RADAR, GLOWING FLUORESCENT LIGHTS, DEVELOPER OF RADAR ASTRONOMY In 1917, Bánki invented the water turbine, which was useful for utilizing the energy of small and medium sized waterfalls. Even though their invention went through some changes as time passed, every modification was based on this invention. In 1892, Dónát Bánki and János Csonka invented the carburetor for their gasoline engine. In 1892, before Diesel, Dónát Bánki created the first great compression, low consumption gasoline engine, the Bánki-motor. From 1899 to his death he taught at the Technical University in Budapest. He studied mechanical engineering in Budapest. But the most remarkable is that, unlike other tested helicopters, this one remains absolutely stable around all axes…īÁNKI DÓNÁT (1859 – 1922) Invention: BÁNKI-CSONKA PETROL ENGINE, CARBURETOR, FRONTWHEEL RUNNING CAR, WATER TURBINE With JÁNOS CSONKA, creator of Hungarian automobile manufacturingĭónát Bánki was born in Bánk and died in Budapest.
Liptrot from the British Air Ministry, who travelled on the helicopter, wrote in a Journal of the Aeronautical Society in 1931: the Asboth-helicopter ascends vertically with a remarkable speed… to any height where it can hover stationary for some time. On September 9, 1928, witnessed by many foreign experts, his model “AH 1” helicopter ascended from a standing position vertically to a great height for the FIRST TIME IN THE WORLD. After many years of experimentation following the war, he built the Asbóth-helicopter. In 1917, during World War I, Oszkár Asbóth, Tódor von Kármán, István Petróczy and Vilmos Zurovetz worked together on designing the helicopter. He was a student of Tódor von Kármán, the Father of Supersonic Flight. He finished his studies at Arad and became an engineer. Oszkár Asbóth was born in Pankota and died in Budapest. so here we are:ĪSBÓTH OSZKÁR, (1891 – 1960) Invention: HELICOPTER Mind represent the structure of language, and vica versa. My idea is: Hungarians are very inventive because of our language. Sadly most of them succseed abroad, but have been aducatedin Hungary. So here i collected and posted the list of hungarians who contributed some good ideas to our civilisations. When Nobel Laureate, Enrico Fermi, nuclear physicist, was asked if he believed in extraterrestrials, he replied – „They are already here…they are called Hungarians!” Fermi’s Martians called Hungarians enriched the world with over a hundred thousand inventions, not to mention their countless scientific discoveries.