SIMPLICITY WILL SAVE THE WORLD
Abstract
The article is a historical review of the biography of Fedor Pirotsky. The rational ideas of this man not only anticipated the development of rail and electric transport in XIX century, but also played a great role in the fate of electric traction on railways, underground metro lines, the birth of the prototype of the modern tram, as well as those systems of electricity production, which on the basis of the principle «generator-motor» helped solve the problem of its transmission to the consumer over long distances without large losses. The figure of Fedor Pirotsky is also interesting because a general reader knows very little about him. The life of the inventor was full of ups and downs. Some of his ideas were accepted enthusiastically, but many of his proposals were ahead of his time and were duly appreciated only after the death of this outstanding inventor.
About the Author
N. D. Grigoriev
Moscow State University of Railway Engineering (MIIT), Moscow
Russian Federation
Ph.D. (Eng.), associate professor at the department of Electric engineering, metrology and power engineering
Russian Federation
Ph.D. (Eng.), associate professor at the department of Electric engineering, metrology and power engineering
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Grigoriev N.D. SIMPLICITY WILL SAVE THE WORLD. World of Transport and Transportation. 2015;13(1 (56)):244-253.
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