Re: Polish Inventions

Henryk — Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:14 pm

Author: Henryk

Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:14 pm

There are many important Polish Inventions. For example, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Polish_inventions
Shown there: delta wing, holography, kerosene lamp, Lunar Rover, Polish Notation, V-tail.

Six cool inventions you didnt know were Polish

Zenon — Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:44 pm

Author: Zenon

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:44 pm

An article found by our web admin Michał on http://polandian.home.pl/index.php/2009/04/21/six-cool-inventions-you-didnt-know-were-polish/

Short abstract:

"5. The Oil Industry

I dont mean some obscure but vital piece of machinery here, I mean the actual industry. I mean the idea of pumping the black sticky stuff out of the ground and turning it into something useful(...).

Who invented it and why?
Jan Józef Ignacy Łukasiewicz was a Polish pharmacist and therefore more or less guaranteed to become a very rich man. Rather than sitting back and waiting for the cash to roll in from the notoriously hypochondriac Poles Łukasiewicz got it into his head that messing around with seep oil was the future(...)."

You can read the full article here: http://polandian.home.pl/index.php/2009/04/21/six-cool-inventions-you-didnt-know-were-polish/

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Re: Polish Inventions

Six cool inventions you didnt know were Polish

Six cool inventions you didnt know were Polish