List of Polish inventors and discoverers
The List of Polish Inventors and Discoverers is a list of inventors and discoverers from Poland in alphabetical order by family name.
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A.
- Bruno Abakanowicz : (Poland / Lithuania), mathematician, integraph , spirograph
- Osman Achmatowicz : Achmatowicz reaction
- Karol Adamiecki : Schedule
- Krzysztof Arciszewski : Trenches , several perfections of military technology .
- Henryk Arctowski : Oceanographer and Antarctic Explorer
- Solomon Asch : social psychologist; Asch's conformity experiment
B.
- Paul Baran : (Poland / USA), digital data transmission , packet switching , his eleven-part work On Distributed Communication , published in 1964, is considered one of the cornerstones of the development of the Internet .
- Jan Józef Baranowski : gas meter , validator , railway signal
- Mieczysław Grzegorz Bekker : inventor of the research discipline of terramechanics , basic work on the Lunar Roving Vehicle (lunar vehicle of the Apollo program ) and rovers in general
- Edmund Biernacki : Discoverer of the sedimentation reaction (BSR).
- Michał Borysiekiewicz : inventor of the first "electric eye" for blind people.
- Karol Brzostowski : inventor of the milking machine , potato digger
- Simcha Blass : (Poland / Israel), engineer, improvement of drip irrigation .
- Konrad Brandel : Photo revolver
- Stefan Bryła : Constructed the world's first welded road bridge ( Maurzyce Bridge ).
- Tytus Burattini Liwiusz : (Italy / Poland), inventor of the first aircraft ( Ornitopterer ), inventor of the micrometer .
C.
- Roman Cichowski : inventor of a harrow with "keys" (pol: Brona Klawiszowa)
- Andrzej Cielecki : inventor of many military devices.
- Leon Cienkowski : vaccine against anthrax .
- Maksymilian Ciężki : Co-inventor of the Lacida ( rotor key machine ).
- Marie Curie and her husband Pierre Curie discovered the chemical elements polonium and radium .
- Napoleon Cybulski : Discovery of Adrenaline .
- Włodzimierz Czechowski : inventor of many mechanical devices for mining.
- Rafał Józef Czerwiakowski : pioneer of medicine, inventor of several surgical instruments such as B. the scalpel (pol: Gnips) or an extension bandage .
- Jan Czochralski developed the Czochralski method
D.
- Włodzimierz Dahlig : inventor of the anti-decubitus pillow u. v. m.
- Leonard Danilewicz : Co-inventor of the Lacida ( rotor key machine ).
- Ludomir Danilewicz : Co-inventor of the Lacida ( rotor key machine ).
- Michał Doliwo-Dobrowolski : chief designer of AEG , inventor of the asynchronous motor , through him the first long-distance transmission of electrical energy and the transmission of electrical energy with high voltage three-phase current was made possible ( three-phase transmission Lauffen-Frankfurt ).
- Karol Juliusz Drac : inventor of a camera for color images (chromograph)
- Jerzy Drzewiecki : Engineer, development of aircraft such as B. JD-2, RWD-4, RWD-7 and the like. v. m.
- Stefan Drzewiecki : (France / Poland), engineer, development of propellers and submarines, periscope, mileage display.
- Jarosław Duda : Asymmetric Numeral Systems (ANS, pol: asymetryczne systemy liczbowe)
F.
- Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (Germany / Netherlands / Poland), inventor of measuring instruments e.g. B. Thermometer . The temperature unit of degrees Fahrenheit (° F) was named after him.
- Szwajpolt Fiol : (Germany / Poland), publisher and printer, he published the first prints in Cyrillic script .
- Adolf Froelich : (Germany / Poland), double propeller
- Julius Fromm : (Germany / Poland), inventor of the first seamless condom which was also the first branded condom worldwide ( Fromms ). Today condoms of this brand are produced by MAPA GmbH in Germany.
- Jan Fryderyk : (Germany / Netherlands / Poland), life jacket
- Kazimierz Funk introduced the term vitamin .
G
- Władysław Gargul : Photo postcards
- Ksawery Gałęzowski : inventor of the " Gałęzowski method ".
- Stanisław Gaszyński : inventor of the accumulator for submarines .
- Leo Gerstenzang : Cotton swabs for ears.
- Karol Gröll : (Germany / Poland), inventor of porcelain paint .
- Grażyna Ginalska : artificial bone
- Janusz Groszkowski : deciphered the control system of the German V1 and V1 rockets in WWII.
- Jerzy Gryglaszewski : Developed gyro stabilizers for Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 , is co-author of twelve patents and eight scientific publications.
- Rudolf Gundlach : Periscope for tanks .
- Casimir Gzowski : pioneer in engineering , numerous modern buildings such as the Grand Trunk Railway were among his projects.
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- Johannes Hevelius : Draftsman of the first map of the lunar surface.
- Józef Hofmann : patented more than 100 inventions such as paper clips , windshield wipers, etc.
I.
J
K
- Janusz Kapusta : discoverer of the K-dron (geometric body).
- Jacek Karpiński : first mini-computer , tube computer for weather forecast
- Stanisław Kierbedź : constructed one of the first steel bridges in the world (Kierbedź Bridge).
- Juliusz Kolberg : Planimeter
- Jan z Kolna : Probably discoverer of America .
- Hilary Koprowski : Discoverer of the polio vaccination .
- Józef Stanisław Kosacki : Handy facial expression device ( metal detector )
- Stanislaus von Kostanecki : Kostanecki-Robinson reaction
- Stefan Kudelski : (Poland / Switzerland), Nagra-I tape recorder for radio reporters.
- Stephanie Kwolek : She invented the synthetic fiber Kevlar .
L.
- Stanisław Ignacy Łaszczyński : inventor of the explosive material Miedziankit .
- Piotr Lebiedziński : photography pioneer, constructed cameras and cinematographs , inventor of the cycloscope and one of the first sound recording devices . Founder of the Foton company .
- Ignacy Łukasiewicz : co-inventor of the kerosene lamp .
- Jan Łukasiewicz : inventor of Polish notation (PN) and reverse Polish notation (UPN), used in pocket calculators .
- Józef Łukaszewicz : co-inventor of the kerosene lamp .
M.
- Adam Maciejewski (surgeon) : Surgeon, performing the first life-saving face transplant
- Henryk Magnuski : inventor of the walkie-talkie .
- Stefan Feliks Manczarski : Co-inventor of the first television , designed the first Polish television.
- Józef Maroszek : anti- tank rifle model 1935
- Marian Mazur : inventor of the automatic switch for telephones.
- Louis Mékarski : (France / Poland), inventor of the pneumatic motor (Pneumatic motor).
- Ignacy Mościcki : inventor of the electric stove .
- Erwin Mozolewski's proposal for a voice prosthesis , presented in Boston in 1972, on the basis of which Eric D, Bloom and MI Singer (both USA) designed an industrially manufactured voice prosthesis.
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- Jakub Natanson : inventor of the first artificial dye .
- Stefan Niementowski : Niementowski reaction
- Kazimierz Noiszewski : inventor of the Elektroftalm (pol. Trychestozjometr), a simple visual prosthesis (without retinal implant), which should enable blind people to orientate themselves with the help of a camera and a mechanical stimulator.
O
- Jan Oderfeld : Engineer of many aircraft engines used.
- Michael Kasimir Oginski : (1731–1799), (Poland / Lithuania), harp pedal
- Karol Olszewski : He took the first X-rays in Poland. Production of liquid oxygen and nitrogen together with Zygmunt Wróblewski .
- Stanisław Olszewski : co-inventor of arc welding .
P
- Antoni Patek : watchmaker , founder of the watch manufacturer Patek Philippe , pioneer of the watch industry and co-inventor of the "Swiss watch mechanism".
- Slavoljub Eduard Penkala : (Netherlands / Poland) inventor of the toothbrush , detergent , pull brake , the fountain pen with solid ink, a mechanical pencil and the like. v. m.
- Stefan Pieńkowski : inventor of the fluorescent lamp .
- Gustaw Piotrowski : Biuret reaction
- Karol Pollak : Diode Bridge
- Stephen Poplawski : (1922), (USA / Poland), blender
- Sylwester Porowski : Blue Laser (used for Blu-ray technology)
- Kazimierz Prószyński : film cameras pleograph and aeroscope , film projector , image stabilization .
- Zygmunt Puławski : Puławski wing
R.
- Marian Rejewski : mathematician and cryptologist. In 1932 he laid the foundations for the cryptanalysis of the German key machine ENIGMA.
- Stanisław Rodowicz : container crane
- Stefan Szolc-Rogoziński : During his excursions he discovered the Balombi-ba-Kotta lake, which was previously unknown in Europe, and the elephant lake . He also discovered, from a European perspective, several waterfalls in the Peteh and Mungo rivers .
- Józef Rotblat : (Great Britain / Poland), pioneer of physics, co-developer of the atomic bomb . He left the nuclear bomb development project because of ethical concerns and spent his whole life fighting nuclear weapons .
- Gustaw Różycki : rotary piston engine
- Jerzy Rudlicki : V-tail (tail unit for aircraft)
- Franciszek Rychnowski : Discoverer of the materialized energy "electroid".
S.
Jan Szczepanik , portrait
- Michał Sędziwój : discoverer of oxygen .
- Tadeusz Sendzimir : Sendzimir process , Sendzimir framework
- Kazimierz Siemienowicz : (Lithuania / Poland), his work Ars magna artilleriae pars prima from 1650 was one of the first descriptions of three-stage rocket technology. Inventor of the delta wing .
- Adam Słodowy : Toys, do-it-yourself television show for children Zrób to sam
- Chajim Slonimski : astronomer , work on Halley's comet , calculating machine , Slonimski's formula for calculating the Jewish calendar . Demidow Prize .
- Werner Sobka : Material thickness measuring device
- Izrael Abraham Staffel : calculating machine, co-inventor of the arithmometer , device for testing alloys according to the Archimedean principle , fan , two-color printing press . Demidow Prize .
- Abraham Stern : (1810), inventor of the first calculating machine .
- Paul Edmund de Strzelecki : Discoverer of the highest mountain in Australia which he named Mount Kościuszko after Tadeusz Kościuszko . Explorer of many areas in Australia.
- Patryk Strzelewicz : Dice + (electronic dice system)
- Ryszard Suwalski : SUW 2000 ( Umspurtechnik )
- Władysław Świątecki : pilot, bomb technology
- Alojzy Świętosławski : inventor of the ebulliometer , a thermometer which allowed more precise measurements.
- Jan Szczepanik : pioneer of color photography , telectroscope , wireless telegraphy , bulletproof vest , sound recorder and playback device , scanner , copier .
- Antoni Szczerbowski : Szczerbowski director
- J. Stefan Szymański : Actometer
T
- Tadeusz Tański : developer of the first mass-produced car, the CWS T-1 .
- Andrew Targowski : Applied Information Systems pioneer , fundamental work on packet switching
- Władysław Tryliński : Welded road bridge , hexagonal paving (pol. Trylinka)
- Józef Tykociński-Tykociner : co-inventor of the sound film .
W.
- Filip Neriusz Walter : Discoverer of toluene , cumene and biphenyl .
- Rudolf Weigl : Development of a vaccine against typhus .
- Jędrzej Węgłowski : iron cradle
- Seweryn Wielanier : Co-inventor of the Błyskawica (submachine gun) it was most likely the only weapon developed and mass-produced in the occupied part of Europe.
- Aleksander Wist : Inventor of a signal system to notify you when there is insufficient air in the car tire.
- Erazm Witelo : He wrote down the anatomical structure of the eye, the lunar crater Vitello is named after him.
- Patrycja Wizińska-Socha : portable cardiotocography device (Pregnabit)
- Jan Wnęk : inventor of a hang glider (in the shape of bird wings ).
- Jerzy Antoni Wojciechowski : catalytic cleaning of exhaust gases
- Władysław Andrzej Wolkenberg : Magnetic field sensor
- Wacław Wolski : hydraulic derrick
- Aleksander Wolszczan : astronomer, discoverer of the first exoplanet .
- Zygmunt Wróblewski : Production of liquid oxygen and nitrogen .
Z
- Edmund Ludwik Zaliński : inventor of the (eng. Pneumatic Dynamite Gun).
- Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof : (Russia / Poland), Esperanto language
- Felix Zandman : (Poland / Israel), further development of a method for measuring stresses through optical coatings. Founder of the electronics company Vishay
- Stanisław Zawadzki : Cracow roof
- Wacław Zawrotny : Co-inventor of the Błyskawica (submachine gun).
- Witold Zglenicki : discoverer of the rich oil deposits in the Caucasus .
- Czesław Zięba : inventor of a means of fastening waterproof insulation.
- Henryk Zygalski : cryptologist. In 1932 he and Marian Rejewski laid the foundations for the cryptanalysis of the German key machine Enigma . Inventor of the Zygalski perforated sheets .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tatsuro Muro, Jonathan O'Brien: Terramechanics: Land Locomotion Mechanics . Taylor & Francis e-Library , 2005, ISBN 0-203-02415-X , pp. ix .
- ↑ K-dron. Retrieved August 3, 2017 (American English).
- ↑ Prof. Dr hab. n. med. Adam Maciejewski. TomMed, accessed on October 13, 2018 (Polish): “W maju 2013 zespół lekarzy w tym chirurgów z Instytutu im. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie w Gliwicach pod przewodnictwem profesora Adama Maciejewskiego dokonał pierwszej w Polsce "
- ↑ Czeslawa Tarnowska: TWORZYLI POLSKÑ LARYNGOLOGI ¢ ( pl ), March 2007. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
- ↑ WSPOMNIENIEO PROFESORZE ERWINIE MOZOLEWSKIM ( pl ) Accessed February 16, 2018.
- ↑ Drabina Szczerbowskiego . ( ignisvestimenta.pl [accessed August 3, 2017]).
- ↑ Wacław Wolski's drilling rig. (No longer available online.) September 11, 2017, formerly in the original ; accessed on September 11, 2017 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Patent Document Czeslaw Zięba. (PDF) (No longer available online.) September 9, 2017, formerly in the original ; accessed on September 9, 2017 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- andrej: Polscy wynalazcy - Wynalazki i odkrycia. Retrieved August 16, 2017 (pl-PL).
- Polscy odkrywcy i wynalazcy - Wstęp. Retrieved August 16, 2017 .
- Słynne polskie wynalazki | HISTORIA.org.pl - historia, kultura, muzea, matura, reconstrukcje i recenzje historyczne. In: HISTORIA.org.pl. June 15, 2011, accessed August 16, 2017 .