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Marcel Kiepach – Croatian Inventor in “Promoting Education, Informing, Journalism, and Technologies” Electrotechnics Croatia City of Krizevci P.O.I.N.T. Association, Krizevci, Croatia “Promicanje obrazovanja, informiranja, novinarstva i tehnologija” Marcel Kiepach – Croatian Inventor in “Promoting education, informing, journalism, and technologies” Electrotechnics Ottone Novosel [email protected] Sandro Novosel [email protected] Hrvoje Belani HISTELCON 2010 [email protected] Madrid, Spain Content Historical context Kiepach’s patents Who was Marcel Kiepach’s death Family/Surroundings Conclusion Telefónica, Madrid November 3-5, 2010 2 of 12 Historical context - Croatia 1850 - telegraph connection Zagreb-Vienna 1856 - Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljan, Lika 1874 - reorganization of University of Zagreb 1886 - first telephony exchange, Zagreb 1891 - Oton Kucera: “On Magnetism and Electricity” 1895 - first hydro-power plant Krka (320 kVA, 42 Hz) 1907 - first solid-ink fountain pen by Slavoljub Penkala 1910 - first airplane flight by Dragutin Novak, Zagreb 1919 - electrical engineering education at university Telefónica, Madrid November 3-5, 2010 3 of 12 Who was Marcel Kiepach Born in Krizevci, Croatia, on February 12, 1894 The oldest brother of three sisters, the only son of Josip and Marta (Locatelli) Kiepach of Haselburg (by castle near Bolzano) One year at Institute of Agriculture, Haale (Saale), Germany; two years in Hochschule für Bodenkultur (the Academy of Forestry) in Vienna; University of Electrical Engineering in Charlottenburg, Germany Telefónica, Madrid November 3-5, 2010 4 of 12 Family and Surroundings Marcel knew several foreign languages: German, Latin, Italian; read technical journals Big influence of the “Modern Time Inventions” book series, published by the Cultural Society of Croatia at the beginning of 20th century Wealthy aristocratic family, property owners; they could pay for books, journals, patents, ... Marcel showed great interest in new technologies: steam powered machines used in farming, different tools in agriculture, etc. Telefónica, Madrid November 3-5, 2010 5 of 12 Kiepach’s patents (1/4) Gyrocompass - the remote readings of the device, maritime compass (indicatory devices placed everywhere on a ship), cannot be influenced by magnetic forces nor magnetic masses in its proximity Kaiserliches Patentamt (Imperial Patent Office) Berlin, March 16, 1910, patent no. 246656 London Patent Office, in 1911, December 20, patent no. 28696 Telefónica, Madrid November 3-5, 2010 6 of 12 Kiepach’s patents (2/4) Dynamo for illumination an electrical generator attached to vehicles, cars; a continuous current powers the lights, without any fluc- tuations or voltage surges French Ministry of Trade and Industry, patent no. 436.270, January 19, 1912 Telefónica, Madrid November 3-5, 2010 7 of 12 Kiepach’s patents (3/4) Kiepach-Weiland system - low voltage transformer which could be used for dental and miners’ lamps; Patent office Berlin, on July 15, 1914, patent no. 352251 (along with Heinrich Weiland) Arthur Kuhn - engineer from Berlin; patent applications, prototype construct- ions, cash flow, correspondence Marcel also did some work on bifilar motor, variometer, etc. Telefónica, Madrid November 3-5, 2010 8 of 12 Kiepach’s patents (4/4) Power switch - a special circuit breaker in which the pressure rise is obtained mainly by gas compression, and which could be used for example in X-ray machines (Patent office Berlin, on June 9, 1912, patent no. 265645) Page turner - automatical turns of book pages (1914) Marcel studied resonance curves, the transmission of sound waves also (letters) Telefónica, Madrid November 3-5, 2010 9 of 12 Kiepach’s death Kiepach has volunteered to Austro-Hungarian army during the Word War I, at the age of 20 Died on August 13, 1915, at the Russian front Won the Silver Medal of Honour Buried on January 20, 1917 with full military honours; nation-wide His name got listed in the book “Famous and Meritorious Croats 925-1925”; forgotten until 1979... Telefónica, Madrid November 3-5, 2010 10 of 12 Conclusion Open issues Archive in Krizevci Municipal Museum needs thorough analysis of Kiepach’s sketches, drawings and calculations More than a 1000 documents about M. Kiepach unsorted and not yet analyzed in state archive of Maribor, Slovenia Goal: to find out on which new inventions Kiepach has been working on; which were lost (taken over) after WWI? Future acitivites Establishing “Marcel Kiepach” trust fund for providing student scholarships and grants in sciences, engineering Considering interregional and cross-border cooperation project with Slovenian institutions on Kiepach’s research Telefónica, Madrid November 3-5, 2010 11 of 12 Thank you! Questions? Telefónica, Madrid November 3-5, 2010 12 of 12 P.O.I.N.T. Member Statistics P.O.I.N.T. Association – NGO from Krizevci, Croatia 6 years of activism and volunteering in the local community Today, 33 regular & 6 honour members; only 6 women University graduates Highschool graduates Holding MSc/PhD – 3 (7.7%) Studying for BSc or similar – 8 (20.5%) Studying for MSc/PhD – 5 (12.8%) Other members – 7 (18.0%) Holding BA/BSc or similar – 16 (41.0%) Members’ profession structure Social sciences (history, sociology, economics, law, journalism, ...) 22 (56.4%) Applied sciences (electrical engineering, computer science, inf.) 11 (28.2%) Exact and natural sciences (mathematics, physics) 3 (7.7%) Health sciences (medicine, dentistry) 3 (7.7%) Telefónica, Madrid November 3-5, 2010 13 of 12 About the Authors (1/3) Ottone Novosel gained B.A. in Journalism at the Faculty of Political Sciences at University of Zagreb in 1988, finished Journalistic Academy in Belgrade and is a graduate of Italian language and literature and comparative literature at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at University of Zagreb. He attended postgraduate studies of International relations at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Zagreb. He has been employed as a senior editor and journalist in Croatian daily newspaper Vecernji list. Today, as a retired journalist, he is still very active in the Krizevci local community. Telefónica, Madrid November 3-5, 2010 14 of 12 About the Authors (2/3) Sandro Novosel gained B.A. in Sociology on the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at University of Zagreb in 2007 with final paper from Political Sociology. He is currently employed at the Department for Financing and Contracting of EU projects within Croatian Employment Service, working as a project manager. He is a student of Advanced Master of European Studies, interdisciplinary program on the Faculty of Political Science at University of Zagreb. He participated at series of workshops and seminars on EU, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration as well as those on the EU funds, organized by Central Office for Development Strategy and Coordination of EU funds. As an active member of civil community and member of P.O.I.N.T. Association, he participated at REAS 2007 and REAS 2009 conferences, organized by Croatian Interdisciplinary Society. Telefónica, Madrid November 3-5, 2010 15 of 12 About the Authors (3/3) Hrvoje Belani gained his BSc (in 2003) and MSc (in 2007) in Electrical Engineering at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing at University of Zagreb in field of telecommunications and informatics. He is employed at Department of Telecommunications on the same faculty as research associate and he is a PhD student there. He is author and co-author of 16 scientific and professional articles in the areas of his research interests: software security engineering and formal methods, web and cyber security and privacy, and software requirements, processes and projects. He is the IEEE member since 2004 and one of the founders and the president of non-profitable non-governmental P.O.I.N.T. Association in Krizevci. He is a multiannual activist in the civil sector for out-institutional education, independent culture, media and new technology, coordinating many non- profitable projects (Five4Kids, Culture Shock Festival, Krizevci.eu, Guide for Postgraduate Studies Abroad, etc.). Telefónica, Madrid November 3-5, 2010 16 of 12.
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