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Slovak Inventors

Slovakia has been responsible for a number of important inventions over the years. Below we have listed a few of these inventions, together with the corresponding Slovak inventor:

Motor-driven helicopter
Jan BAHYL (1865-1916)

Wireless telegraph (forerunner of the radio)
Rev. Jozef MURGAS (1864-1929)

Parachute
Stefan BANIC (1870-1941)

Speaking machine and a special typewriter for the blind
Wolfgang von KEMPELEN (1734-1804)

Water pump machine (water-pillar)
Jozef Karol HELL (1713-1789)

Camera zoom lens
Jozef Maximilian PETZVAL (1807-1891)

Click below to see a profile of each of these inventors, beginning with Jan Bahyl.

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