Franciszek Rychnowski

Engineer, Inventor

1850 – 1929

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Who was Franciszek Rychnowski?

Franciszek Rychnowski was a Polish engineer and an inventor, who also lectured at the Lwów Politechnic. In addition to mundane projects, he also gained fame for his pseudoscientific theories on eteroid, similar to the concepts of élan vital or orgone; involvement with such pseudoscientific theories eventually ruined his career.

Rychnowski is a minor character in a series of books by the modern Polish author, Andrzej Pilipiuk. He is also one of the central characters in the 2012 fictional conspiracy thriller The Man With the Devil's Hand by Jarek Garliński.

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Born
1850
Also known as
  • Рихновски, Франтишек
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Died
1929

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on July 23, 2013

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