Franciszek Rychnowski

Franciszek Rychnowski (1850-1929) was a Polish engineer and an inventor, who also lectured at the Lwów Politechnic. In addition to mundane projects (he was involved with electrification, central heating and the tram system in Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine)), he also gained fame for his pseudoscientific theories on "eteroid", similar to the concepts of "élan vital" or "orgone"; involvement with such pseudoscientific theories eventually ruined his career. [http://www.niewyjasnione.pl/Franciszek_Rychnowski_i_Eteroid-t5104.html]

He is also a minor character in a series of books by the modern Polish author, Andrzej Pilipiuk.

Notes

ee also

*Jan Szczepanik

Further reading

*Andrzej Pilipiuk, "Inżynier Rychnowski", PORTAL, 2/99 ( [http://www.rpg-portal.pl/portal2/spistresci.html] )
*Bolesław Prus, Zygmunt Szweykowski, "Z prac Instytutu Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk", Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1970
*"Historia kultury materialnej Polski w zarysie: opracowanie zbiorowe", Zakład Narodwoy im. Ossolińskich, 1979

External links

*Wikimedia Commons:
*pl icon Krystyna Ryczaj-Marchewczyk [http://www.fzpep.com.pl/pracodawca/04_04/wynalazca.htm Zapomniany wynalazca]
*pl icon [http://www.niewyjasnione.pl/Franciszek_Rychnowski_i_Eteroid-t5104.html Franciszek Rychnowski i Eteroid ]
*pl icon [http://www.mrhopen.republika.pl/rychnowski.html Franciszek Rychnowski de Welehrad - odkrywca eteroidu/orgonu]
*pl icon [http://web.archive.org/web/20040810131312/http://www.mag.media.pl/czasopis/022003/orgon.htm ETEROID I ORGON]