Franciszek Rychnowski (1850 - 1929) was a Polish engineer and an inventor, who also lectured at the Lwów Politechnic. In addition to mundane projects (he was involved with electrification, central heating and the tram system in Lwów, which is now Lviv, Ukraine), 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. Wikipedia, Franciszek Rychnowski
"Elektroid flows out from machine with rustling sound through the tube; feeling by the way refreshing scent and cool breeze. Items inserted into the tube, are thrown with such force they break a hole in paper membrane. In a dark room elektroid comes in the form of balls of light. Located within empty round kitchen bowls Shine with " moon light" , show a increase of weight, attract other vessels and objects, show off the double rotation: around its own axis and about beam of light. Elektroid is very subtle substance, but seems to be valid; puts pressure on the walls of the vessel, and it can be also collected in vessel for several days to keep. Falling at an angle to the plate, elektroid is reflected at the same angle, in the form of visible beam of light, at the same time creates a star of light, which boarder rays turn into glowing balls. It affects photographic plate through bodies that are not penetrable for ordinary light" - Quote from newspaper 1899.
Another major success was the construction of the lighting installation for the assembly hall of the then Galician parliament. Franciszek Rychnowski was not satisfied with the arc lamps available on the market and decided to create improved versions himself. He worked intensively on a current generator that could power these lamps. For this purpose, as Franciszek Rychnowski later recalled in one of his books, "exclusively with the expertise of local professionals, he built all the dynamoelectric machines and further necessary equipment for installing electric light in the assembly hall, vestibule, stairs, and in front of the building of the newly constructed Provincial Council, now known as the University of Kazimierz in Lviv." The illumination of the assembly hall of the Galician Provincial parliment was the first instance of parliament electrification in Europe. Engineer Rychnowski also carried out the electrification of various Galician printing houses, including the renowned Ossolineum in Lviv.?In 1879, while working on the illumination of the parliament building, the engineer encountered for the first time a phenomenon that would later dominate his life and scientific research. Here is how Franciszek Rychnowski describes this event: "...during this installation, I encountered very interesting physical phenomena. I noticed, in particular, that each sudden interruption of this powerful electric current (...) produced in the adjacent, 1/2 meter from the machine room, thick-walled, completely dark space, the manifestations of a glow reminiscent of moonlight, something somewhat greenish." In this sentence, clear analogies can be seen with the observations of Dr. Wilhelm Reich, who in 1933 discovered a similar luminescence while observing marine sand under a microscope. Dr. W. Reich referred to the observed substance as orgone. Engineer Franciszek Rychnowski, half a century earlier, termed the discovered radiation as "electroid," and after noting numerous analogies with electric current, he began using the term "etheroid."In 1879, while working on the illumination of the parliament building, the engineer encountered for the first time a phenomenon that would later dominate his life and scientific research. Here is how Franciszek Rychnowski describes this event: "...during this installation, I encountered very interesting physical phenomena. I noticed, in particular, that each sudden interruption of this powerful electric current (...) produced in the adjacent, 1/2 meter from the machine room, thick-walled, completely dark space, the manifestations of a glow reminiscent of moonlight, something somewhat greenish." In this sentence, clear analogies can be seen with the observations of Dr. Wilhelm Reich, who in 1933 discovered a similar luminescence while observing marine sand under a microscope. Dr. W. Reich referred to the observed substance as orgone. Engineer Franciszek Rychnowski, half a century earlier, termed the discovered radiation as "electroid," and after noting numerous analogies with electric current, he began using the term "etheroid."
Simultaneously with the development of interests in heating and ventilation, Engineer Rychnowski worked on an exceptional solution - an emitter of electromagnetic waves, for the creation of which he utilized the theory commonly attributed to Heinrich Hertz. However, everything indicates that the Pole, Engineer Rychnowski, was the first! Hertz announced his theory in 1886, whereas Franciszek Rychnowski presented his model four years earlier in Vienna.
In 1888, Franciszek Rychnowski installed a heating system in the Cloth Hall in Krakow, equipped with radiators of his own design. In the 1890s, Franciszek Rychnowski patented and described press a central heating furnace for apartments. By conducting pioneering work in the field of heating and electric room lighting, Franciszek Rychnowski gained significant trust and renown as a talented engineer and designer.
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See Also
Ether
Gustave Le Bon
Luminiferous Ether
Plasma
Wilhelm Reich