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'''Leonardo Torres y Quevedo''' ([[December 28]], [[1852]] - [[December 18]], [[1936]]) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[engineer]], [[mathematician]], and [[inventor]]. |
'''Leonardo Torres y Quevedo''' ([[December 28]], [[1852]] - [[December 18]], [[1936]]) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[engineer]], [[mathematician]], and [[inventor]]. |
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Torres y Quevedo was born in [[Santa Cruz de Iguña]],Molledo (Cantabria), Spain. His family usually lived in [[Bilbao]], where his father was an engineer for the railroads, the rest of the time the were in Cantabria. He went to High School in [[Bilbao]] and passed two more years studying in [[Paris]]. In 1870 his father was traslated by the railroad company to Madrid and took his family with him. That same year Leonardo begins his studies in the "Official School of Roads, Bridges and Harbors Engineering" until 1873, when he joins as a volunteer in the army, to help in the defense of [[Bilbao]], under the siege of carlista army in the third carlista war. He returned to Madrid and graduated in 1876, reaching number 4 in the list of best qualifications . |
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Torres y Quevedo was born in [[Santa Cruz de Iguña]], Spain. He studied in [[Bilbao]], in [[Paris]], and graduated from the [[Madrid]] School of Engineering. |
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He began his career in the railrod company where his father worked, but soon he trips around Europe to know first hand about the scientific and technical advances, mainly in the starting area of electricity. At his return to Spain he moves to [[Santander]], where he autofinances his researching. In 1886 he got married. In 1893 he publishes his first research article. |
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After inheriting a fortune, he retired from a railway job and spent his time on mathematical studies and developing various mechanical devices. |
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In 1899 he moves to Madrid and becomes involved in the cultural life of the city. From his works in these years in the Ateneo, in 1901 he becomes director of the new Laboratory of Applied Mechanics, later called Automatics. The Laboratory created scientific instruments. That year he joins the Academy of Naturals Phisics and Exact Sciences. |
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He wrote books on [[mathematics]], designed the [[Spanish Aerocar|cable car]] at [[Niagara Falls]], pioneered [[remote control]] of machines via [[radio]], designed and built a series of [[airship]]s, and invented mechanical [[analogue computer]]s including one which could play the chess [[endgame]] of King & Rook against King. |
He wrote books on [[mathematics]], designed the [[Spanish Aerocar|cable car]] at [[Niagara Falls]], pioneered [[remote control]] of machines via [[radio]], designed and built a series of [[airship]]s, and invented mechanical [[analogue computer]]s including one which could play the chess [[endgame]] of King & Rook against King. |
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Revision as of 16:21, 21 May 2005
Leonardo Torres y Quevedo (December 28, 1852 - December 18, 1936) was a Spanish engineer, mathematician, and inventor.
Torres y Quevedo was born in Santa Cruz de Iguña,Molledo (Cantabria), Spain. His family usually lived in Bilbao, where his father was an engineer for the railroads, the rest of the time the were in Cantabria. He went to High School in Bilbao and passed two more years studying in Paris. In 1870 his father was traslated by the railroad company to Madrid and took his family with him. That same year Leonardo begins his studies in the "Official School of Roads, Bridges and Harbors Engineering" until 1873, when he joins as a volunteer in the army, to help in the defense of Bilbao, under the siege of carlista army in the third carlista war. He returned to Madrid and graduated in 1876, reaching number 4 in the list of best qualifications .
He began his career in the railrod company where his father worked, but soon he trips around Europe to know first hand about the scientific and technical advances, mainly in the starting area of electricity. At his return to Spain he moves to Santander, where he autofinances his researching. In 1886 he got married. In 1893 he publishes his first research article.
In 1899 he moves to Madrid and becomes involved in the cultural life of the city. From his works in these years in the Ateneo, in 1901 he becomes director of the new Laboratory of Applied Mechanics, later called Automatics. The Laboratory created scientific instruments. That year he joins the Academy of Naturals Phisics and Exact Sciences.
He wrote books on mathematics, designed the cable car at Niagara Falls, pioneered remote control of machines via radio, designed and built a series of airships, and invented mechanical analogue computers including one which could play the chess endgame of King & Rook against King.
In 1910 he became the President of Royal Academy of Exact Sciences in Madrid. His "Ensayos sobre automática" describes a proposed electromechanical implementation of Babbage's Analytical Engine.
Torres had eight children and died in Madrid on December 18, 1936.