Titre du document / Document title

Ciencia aeronáutica y milicia. Leonardo Torres Quevedo y el servicio de aerostaciÓn militar, 1902-1908

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

GONZALEZ REDONDO Francisco A. ⁽¹⁾ ; GONZALEZ DE POSADA Francisco ⁽²⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ Universidad Complutense de Madrid, ESPAGNE
⁽²⁾ Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, ESPAGNE

Résumé / Abstract

In 1901 the Spanish civil engineer Leonardo Torres Quevedo had reached a very high consideration in the European scientific community through his algebraic machines. But from that moment on he devoted himself to the development of a new system of dirigible balloons of his own invention. In those days in Spain aeronautical experiences were carried out only with -non-dirigible- balloons by the Army's Aerostatic Service. Both two worlds will meet in 1902 and live together until 1908. In this paper the relationships between Torres Quevedo and military aeronauts are documented and analysed: along the whole period with Pedro Vives, the Chief of the Service; between 1905 and 1908 with Alfredo Kindelán, D. Leonardo's main assistant. Consequently, for the first time the encounters and ruptures between the pioneers of Spanish Aeronautics are clarified in a manner that official historiography could not or didn't want to fulfil until now.

Revue / Journal Title

Llull   ISSN 0210-8615 

Source / Source

2002, vol. 25, n^o54, pp. 643-676 [34 page(s) (article)] (2 p.)

Langue / Language

Espagnol

Editeur / Publisher

Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Tecnicas, Madrid, ESPAGNE  (1978) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Aeronautics ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Aéronautique ;

Mots-clés espagnols / Spanish Keywords

Aereonáutica ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 24252, 35400011231942.0030