Ján Bahýľ
Ján Bahýľ patented a multi-leveled helicopter in 1895.[1] He is said to have made many flight attempts and to have flown three feet up in 1901 with an internal combustion engine. A source says he had 17 patents, including a balloon (need that) and for a turbine, gasoline-powered car, elevator, pump tank, others. This patent is discussed with some reference to Emperor Franz Joseph I, so it could be associated with "AH". Ján Bahýľ was born in Zvolenská Slatina, part of the Kingdom of Hungary, at the time. His name is specifically Slovakian. Elaborate patent protocols within Hungary, at the time, in their relations with Austria-Hungary, are still matters being clarified. Upon studying a map indicative of the extent of the Austrian "half" of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, relative to other factors, this patent will likely be designated as AT, if not HU. The Kingdom of Hungary was than is Hungary today. What was considered Austria, at least administratively, was also greater, inclusive of lands north of Hungary.
A business partner, Anton Marschall, made a helicopter with Bahyl.[2][3]
He FLEW on his helicopter in 1905, according to one source:[4]
- he received an Austrian patent in 1895 for the idea of a horizontal propeller. Between 1901 and 1903, together with the coachman, A. Marschal, he constructed in Bratislava an improved model of the "Avion" helicopter, on which in 1901 it was raised several times to a height of half a meter. In 1903 it rose to a height of 1.5 m and on May 5, 1905, the inventor Ján Bahýľ rose on his machine in Bratislava to a height of 4 meters and flew 1500 m. This attempt was also recorded by the International Air Navigation Organization, for which both received another patent in 1906, the [patent description, in Hungarian].
That source also says his 1895 patent was an Austrian patent.
Lexicographic note
The last letter in his name is a uniquely Slovak character: Ľ, or ľ.[5] That is NOT an L followed by an apostrophe. This discovery is explained to econterms by economic historian Aleksandra Dul, with our thanks. We have to spell this name exactly right or searches will not work. If we use the right character, searches for this character DO work. On most legal documents he seems to have used the Hungarian spelling, Bahily. Slovakia was part of the Kingdom of Hungary at the time.
The spelling "Jána Bahilyo" is also Slovak, but in a different 'case'.
Patents whose inventor or applicant is Ján Bahýľ or Bahily János or János Bahily
- Patent HU-1895-3392 (English title: Helicopter)
- Patent HU-1905-34770 (English title: Helicopter, Filing date: 1905-05-24)
References
- ↑ Ján_Bahýľ| on English Wikipedia
- ↑ A substantial biography is online in Slovak: https://cudzis.blog.sme.sk/c/517963/z-historie-slovenskeho-letectva-110-rokov-vrtulnika-jan-bahyl-a-zaujimave-suvislosti.html
- ↑ Another biography: https://www.indprop.gov.sk/?jan-bahyl-zivotopis
- ↑ http://www.cesa-project.eu/svk/slovnik/authors/j-n-bah-l
- ↑ Ľ on English Wikipedia
| Names | Ján Bahýľ; Bahyl; Bahily János; János Bahily; Jána Bahilyo |
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| Birth date | 1856 |
| Death date | 1916 |
| Countries | AH, HU, SK |
| Locations | Slovakia; Hungarian Empire; Austro-Hungarian Empire |
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| Wikidata id | Q680151 |
