Marcel Kiepach By Marina Zorić Trgovačka škola Zagreb
INTRODUCTION born: 1894 died: 1915 on the Russian front Croatian inventor – maritime compass „child prodigy”, „Tesla of Križevci”
HIS INVENTION – MARITIME COMPASS gyrocompass patented in Berlin in 1910 when he was just 16 years old indicates north regardless of the presence of iron or magnetic forces enabled the ships to navigate more precisely
HIS INVENTION – DYNAMO FOR VEHICLE LIGHTNING an electric generator combined with the mechanical drive of the
vehicle itself patented it in France
PATENTS gyrocompass dynamo for vehicle lighting an electric switch for X-ray machines small transformer for low voltage
INTERESTING FACTS descendant of the noble family Kiepach
his family came to Križevci in the early 19th century and became influential in the town he was called a „child prodigy”
PERSONAL LIFE ï‚´ Keipach volounteered in World War 1 and died at 21
INTERESTING FACTS was active in many fields of mechanics and electronics
his remains were brought to Križevci in 1917 and they were laid in the family tomb in the Town Cemetery
REFERENCES en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Kiepach www.krizevci.eu/hr_HR/kri%C5%BEevci/li%C4%8Dnosti/marcel+pl
.+kiepach/ hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Kiepach hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=10411