Russian inventions

[Nestor]

Interesting article on Russian Inventions.

I never knew they had nvented the Rdio, TV, jeans and BMW cars.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/88802.stm

[Llywarch Hen]

Originally Posted by Nestor

Interesting article on Russian Inventions.

I never knew they had nvented the Rdio, TV, jeans and BMW cars.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/88802.stm

Hehe! I was just reading something a Slovak wrote on the web - Marconi and Popov have to compete with a THIRD radio inventor now; Joseph Murgas!!!!

Here's the rest;
"some inventions of Slovaks, what we got to the world :
Slovaks got to the world for example 1st :
HELICOPTER
ELECTROMOTOR
TELEGRAPH
DYNAMO
PARASHUTE
MASHINE FOR SPARKLING WATER
STRESS - THEORY
CHESS AUTOMAT
WATER SUPLY (PIPES, not only channel in stones like in roman empire)
PROTHESIS (EXTREMITIES)
SEGNER WATER TURBIN
AUTOPSY
ACUSTIC AS A SCIENCE
ELECTRIC TRANSORMATOR
OBJECTIVE FOR CAMERAS WITH MORE LENSES
HAZE TURBINE"

Slava Slovensku!

[Zrinski]

Hehe....here is just one example - Slovaks didn't invent parachute. A Slovak did patent it in early 20th century of what we know now as modern parachute , but the first one who made and used a parachute was a Croat Faust Vrančić(Vranchich) in 17th century when he jumped from a tower in Venice. He called it 'Homo Volans' in Latin.

However the first one who drew it was of course Leonardo da Vinci.

[Llywarch Hen]

Originally Posted by Zrinski

Hehe....here is just one example - Slovaks didn't invent parachute. A Slovak did patent it in early 20th century of what we know now as modern parachute , but the first one who made and used a parachute was a Croat Faust Vrančić(Vranchich) in 17th century when he jumped from a tower in Venice. He called it 'Homo Volans' in Latin.

However the first one who drew it was of course Leonardo da Vinci.

I think you must have posted on the other forum too! Please let's not have to go through all that again!

[Zrinski]

Originally Posted by Llywarch Hen

I think you must have posted on the other forum too! Please let's not have to go through all that again!

Yes indeed.

[Awar]

Originally Posted by Zrinski

However the first one who drew it was of course Leonardo da Vinci.

Milorad of Vinča, a Serb.

Vinča, one of the most ancient cultures in the world : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinca_culture

[Llywarch Hen]

Originally Posted by Awar

Milorad of Vinča, a Serb.
Vinča, one of the most ancient cultures in the world : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinca_culture

Interesting, but the Iron Gorges stuff is more so. Do you know it? It's where the Danube bends about near Rumania and Bulgaria, Lepenski Vir is one of the sites. All under water now, because of stupid dam projects. It's one of those contact sites where the fate of Europe was made. Near Eastern agriculturalists met our Northern European Hunter Gatherers here, and odd stuff resulted...