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Spanish engineer.
Leonardo Torres Quevedo was a prominent Cantabrian engineer of the early twentieth century. After qualifying as a Civil Engineer in Madrid, he worked for some time in railway matters, but finally devoted himself to studies and scientific papers.
One of his greatest inventions was the Telekino, an automaton that executed commands sent by wireless telegraphy, which was a pioneer in the field of remote control. Other highlights of his many inventions are an electromechanical machine to solve algebraic equations, an automatic chess player to solve games with a tower and King against the King and dirigible airships. He also worked in cableways and he constructed a cable car in the Ulía Mountain of San Sebastian and another one in the Niagara Falls. The latter was built in 1916 and was operational until the beginning of XXI century.
He received many awards for his work and was awarded with Honorary Degrees by the Universities of Paris and Coimbra.
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variant spelling:
Torres Quevedo, Leonardo
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Curriculum vitae
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* 28.12.1852
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Santa Cruz de Iguña, Cantabria
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born
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1885
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Spain
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He patented a multiple wired funicular.
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1893
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Madrid, Spain
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Memories of how to solve algebraic equations in mechanical mode.
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1900 - 1923
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Spain
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Mechanisms patented.
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1901
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Spain
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Director of the Applied Mechanics Laboratory.
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1902
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Spain, France
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He presented his dirigible project.
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1903
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Paris
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He presented the Telekino, a device that transmitted telegraph orders with no wires.
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1907
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San Sebastian, Spain
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He designed the Monte Ulia funicular for people.
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1912
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Spain
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He presented the automaton chess.
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* 1914
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Spain, France
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He published his essays about Automatics.
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1914 - 1919
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Spain
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Dirigibles patented.
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1915
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Spain
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He patented a hitch and brake mechanism for funicular.
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1920
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Paris
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He presented the electromechanic arithmometer.
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1928
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Spain
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President of the Academy of Sciences of Madrid.
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† 18.12.1936
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Madrid, Spain
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died
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