DZIAŁALNOŚĆ IGNACEGO MOŚCICKIEGO (1867–1946) W ELEKTROTECHNICE

• Autorzy: Hickiewicz Jerzy , Rataj Piotr

Warianty tytułu

EN

Activities of Ignacy Mościcki (1867–1946) in electrotechnology

• Języki publikacji: PL

Abstrakty

EN

The article introduces the electrotechnical activity of Ignacy Mościcki, an outstanding scientist, technician, and later President of the 2nd Polish Republic. It is stressed that versatility was his main characteristics that made him so unusual. He was active in all fields of electrotechnology, as an inventor, constructor, technologist, and finally as an organiser of production and business activist, despite the fact that he was not a university graduate. He invented nitrogen from the air with the use of electricity and also constructed electric equipment to obtain it. It contained high voltage capacitors, unrivalled at that time, called “Mościcki’s capacitors”. He invented and implemented new applications for his capacitors in energetics, lightning protection technology, and in radio engineering.

Słowa kluczowe

PL

Ignacy Mościcki; elektrotechnika; kondensatory

EN

Ignacy Mościcki; electrotechnology; capacitors

• Wydawca: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów
• Czasopismo: Analecta. Studia i Materiały z Dziejów Nauki
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: 26
• Numer: 2(51)
• Strony: 55-70

Twórcy

autor

Hickiewicz Jerzy

• Politechnika Opolska

autor

Rataj Piotr

• Uniwersytet Opolski