Zambrano, Luis
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| born on | 1 May 1901 at 02:00 (= 02:00 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Bailadores, Venezuela, 8n15, 71w50 | ||||
| Timezone | LST m66w55 (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   10°11'   13°08 Asc. 29°46'
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Biography
Self-taught inventor and mechanic from Mérida, Venezuela.
He left formal education after the fourth year of primary school, but soon began to develop an interest in mechanics, enjoying discovering for himself the speed ratios produced by connecting oranges of different diameters and rotating them by means of jets of water. These toys lead him to consider new challenges and discover of physical principles in practical ways.
In his Valle Nuevo workshop in the village of Mariño de Bailadores, he empirically and intuitively learned enough about electricity and mechanics to allow him to create about 50 inventions, some of which were commissions, such as a strawberry-peeling machine and a sieve for categorising garlic, and numerous improvements to various different machines, despite having lost his right hand to a saw in an accident in 1977.
He was a mechanical genius.
He died 15 August 1990
Source Notes
Castellanos quotes the biography
Luis Zambrano: Tecnólogo Popular
de Eduardo Planchart Licea
Tercera edición, septiembre de 2012
http://www.fundayacucho.gob.ve/uploads/libro-luis-zambrano-inventor-del-pueblo.pdf
Categories
- Vocation : Engineer : Mechanical
