Ján Bahýľ

Ján Bahýľ (25 May 1845, Zvolenská Slatina (Nagyszalatna) (Kingdom of Hungary, today Slovakia) - 13 March 1916, Bratislava) (Pozsony) was a Slovak inventor mainly of flying machines.

Early life

In 1869, Bahýľ graduated from the famous Mining Academy of Banská Štiavnica (Selmecbánya) with a diploma in technical drawing.

During his one year term in the army, his superiors noticed him, because he made some technical improvements for the army of the Kingdom of Hungary. Thus, he was enrolled into the technical staff. Besides being entrusted with complex building tasks while in the army, Bahýľ was able to study at the Vienna Military Academy. He graduated from the academy in 1879 and was made a lieutenant.

During his time in the army Bahýľ was able to work on a number of inventions, many of which involved hydraulics.

Inventions

Steam tank, tank pump, air balloons

His first invention, which was actually financed from his own money, was called the Steam Tank. The Steam Tank was bought by the Russian army.

Bahýľ was granted seventeen patents in all, including the invention of the tank pump, air balloons combined with an air turbine, the first petrol engine car in Slovakia (along with Anton Marschall) and a lift inside the castle hill up to the Bratislava Castle (Pozsony Castle).

In 1894, he designed flying balloons combined with an air turbine.

External links

* [http://www.heartofeurope.co.uk/history_famous3a.htm Jan Bahyl biography]
* [http://www.pezinok.sk/kultura/osobnosti/bahyl.htm Jan Bahýľ Biography] sk icon
* [http://astroportal.sk/historia/bahyl.html Jan Bahýľ] sk icon