"Invention changes life, and technology changes the future." Sometimes, Bian Xiao can't help thinking: Who invented this? What would our life be like without it? If you continue to explore, you will find that the initial idea of each invention was full of impossibility at that time, but people who insist on their own opinions will still find it impossible. This is probably the greatness of inventors. This issue of Bian Xiao will introduce six Polish inventions. You would never have thought that these inventions of Poles not only changed history, but also raised people's lives to a new height.
Automobile wiper
When you were driving on the road, you suddenly met the rainy weather. As raindrops gradually blur the line of sight of the windshield, you must not know that this invention actually came from a Polish pianist josef hofmann. Joseph, who was born into a musical family in Krakow, Poland, showed a unique musical talent from an early age-he could solo at the age of eight and composed many piano music in his life. But what is even more amazing is that he has 70 inventions, large and small, so the car wiper is just one of his inventions.
Movie camera
Some people say that the movie camera was not invented by French brother Lumiere? In fact, a year ago, Kazimierz Prószyński of Poland was already studying the concept of machines. Kazimierz was born in Warsaw. He was interested in science since he was a child, especially in film series. 1894, he invented the first camera, called the printer. In order to prove that the machine can be used, he shot the first short film-skating rink, which is a pioneer in the film industry.
1908, Kazimierz, who moved to France, invented the first hand-held camera with variable speed film. The picture below shows him recording on the streets of Paris with his own camera. 19 1 1 year, he moved to England, where he was sponsored by entrepreneurs and began to mass-produce his inventions. Unfortunately, his invention was almost ignored after the Great Depression after World War I. Although this invention can continue to be produced in the United States, Kazimir was arrested during the Warsaw Uprising after World War II at 1944.
oil lamp
Before 1853, there was no kerosene lamp that could play a great role, because it didn't take long to burn, and the lighting at night became an annoyance for every household until Jan Józef Ignacy. The new kerosene lamp invented by ukasiewicz completely solved this big problem. Born in Poland under the rule of Austria-Hungary, Yang has always been very interested in pharmacy, chemistry and industry, especially oil. In his view, oil must be a great source of future wealth.
1953, he finally succeeded in extracting kerosene from oil and using it to make new kerosene lamps. After that, kerosene lamp played a great role in an emergency operation in the hospital, making the new kerosene lamp an innovation. Since then, he has redoubled his efforts to study the role of kerosene lamps and oil, developed many oil mines and established the first oil refinery in the world. Although he is extremely rich, he has been encouraging and helping the construction of the motherland, building roads and kerosene lamp street. Even in 1877, he sponsored the first petroleum industry congress. Thanks to his vigorous construction, Boburka Village has also changed from an ordinary small village to the birthplace of the world oil industry, and the oil wells here have a history of 150 years!
Metal detector
1909, Joseph Cosacchi, who was born in Chinstohova, certainly didn't think that he would play a role in influencing the world and even changing history in the future. When he was a child, he was no different from ordinary children, except that he was obviously gifted in electrical engineering. Later, he graduated from Warsaw University and volunteered to join the army and became a soldier in the technical group. After the beginning of World War II, he was forced to flee to England and became an engineer and manager of a control equipment company in London.
The idea of inventing the metal detector stimulated him because he saw a report that a group of Polish armored soldiers were completely destroyed by mines near a beach in Scotland. This sad report made him immediately start to develop metal detectors. After three months of experiment and modification, the detector finally came out and was put into production quickly, which played a great role in the battle of El Alamein and greatly promoted the chances of victory of the allies. After that, he gave up the patent ownership, and the detector still played a role in various battlefields in the future transformation and update.
Portable walkie-talkie
Intercom has played an extremely important role in the past, especially in the military. Everyone only knows that the manufacturer of walkie-talkie is Motorola, but no one knows that the inventor behind it is Polish engineer Henrik Magnusky. Henrik was born in Warsaw on 1909. After graduating from Warsaw University of Technology, he went to new york to work for Motorola. The portable walkie-talkie he invented was Motorola SCR-300. This invention greatly improved the effective communication within the US military, received instructions from superiors in time and fed back the battlefield situation, which played a key role in the victory of the war to a certain extent.
pram
Golf was invented in China, and golf bags were invented in England. What about Mercedes-Benz cars on the golf course? It was invented by a small company in Mielec, a small town in Poland. Melex's small company started from 197 1, specializing in the production of small electric cars, and this invention made golf lovers shine, and found that this small and lovely electric car can help them carry heavy bags, saving a lot of effort. The United States took the lead in becoming the first exporter of this company, and then began to spread around the world.
The above six inventions are the low-key glory of Poland. Some inventors didn't want to use their patents to make a fortune, so they didn't publicize them, so many people didn't know, but this didn't stop future generations from understanding and exploring.