موسوعة العلمـاء و المخترعين .. المخترعون بالترتيب حسب اسم الشهرة .. الحرف ك

Encyclopedia of Scientists and Inventors.. Inventors in order according to their nickname.. The letter K

⏹ Kaplan, Victor

English engineer and inventor (1876-1943)
Kaplan's interest was focused on the development of water turbines. He was able to develop the turbine known as the Kaplan turbine, which he patented in 1913. This turbine is characterized by:
Its blades facing the water flow can be adjusted to take the right angle according to the direction of flow (see Francis turbine).

⏹ Cajori, Florian

Swiss-American mathematician and engineer
( 1930-1859 )
Kajuri studied high mathematics and then taught it, so he worked as a professor of physics and mathematics, as well as the deanship of engineering in Colorado. He taught the history of mathematics at the University of California.

⏹ Cartwright, Edmund Cartright

English inventor (years 1743 - 1823)
He was educated at Oxford and entered the church to become a priest in the countryside · His interest in engineering and machinery developed, so he designed and built the first spindle that works with mechanical power, which is considered the first form of the current spindles. He designed other machines for collecting and spinning wool, but the inventions of these were not to provide him with the financial reassurance he sought. One of his workshops was destroyed during demonstrations of manual laborers angry at the machines. When the British government gave him a good sum, he bought a farm in Kent and continued his efforts, building a number of agricultural equipment.

⏹ Curtis (Curtis), Charles Gordon Curtis, Charles Gordon

American inventor (1860 - 1953)
Curtis studied civil engineering and then law at Columbia, and worked as a lawyer to register inventions for eight years. His work allowed him to be influenced by inventions, so he invented a sophisticated steam turbine used in electric power generation workshops and in the running of ships (propeller management).

⏹ Cardano ( Cardan, Cardanus ) Geronimo ( Gerolamo, Jerome) Hieronymus
Cardano ( Cardan Cardanus ) Geronimo ( Gerolamo Gerom ) Hieronymus

Italian mathematician, physician and astrologer (1501-1576)
Cardano has emerged as a professor of plane geometry. And as a skilled doctor in addition to his interest in astrology.
He was accused of heresy and the effects of religious discussions in his time. His most important civil achievement was the invention of spherical joints.

⏹ Karsten, Carl Johann Bernard
Karsten, Karl Johann Bernard

German engineer and mineralogist (1782-1853)
Carsten was one of the most prominent architects of his time.
He made many improvements in the methods of building mines and the processes of extraction, smelting and purification, as well as in the description and classification of minerals.