Ottó Bláthy
Electrical engineer, Inventor
1860 – 1939
Who was Ottó Bláthy?
Ottó Titusz Bláthy was a Hungarian electrical engineer. In his career, he became the co-inventor of the modern electric transformer, the tension regulator, the AC watt-hour meter, Motor capacitor for the single-phase electric motors, the turbo generator, and the high efficiency turbo generator.
Ottó Titusz's career as an inventor began during his time at the Ganz Works in 1883. It is noteworthy, that the name "transformer" was created by Ottó Titusz Bláthy. There, he conducted experiments for creating a transformer. In 1885 the ZBD model alternating-current transformer was invented by three Hungarian engineers: Ottó Bláthy, Miksa Déri and Károly Zipernowsky.. In the autumn of 1889 he patented the AC Watt meter.
Besides his scientific work, Ottó Titusz Bláthy is well known as an author of chess problems. He specialized in the field of very long moremovers, also known as longmovers..
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- Born
- Aug 11, 1860
Tata - Also known as
- Otto Blathy
- Ottó Titusz Bláthy
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Profession
- Education
- Vienna University of Technology
- Died
- Sep 26, 1939
Budapest - Resting place
- Kerepesi Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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