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    Jan Szczepanik (June 13, 1872 – April 18, 1926) was a Polish inventor, with several hundred patents and over 50 discoveries to his name, many of which...
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  • racer Jan Szczepanik (1872–1926), Polish inventor Piotr Szczepanik (1942–2020), Polish singer This page lists people with the surname Szczepanik. If an...
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  • player Jan Paul Strid (1947–2018), Swedish toponymist Jan Stussy (1921–1990), American artist Jan Swafford, American writer and composer Jan Szczepanik (1872–1926)...
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    Paiva, and later Jan Szczepanik, who with Ludwig Kleiberg obtained a British patent (patent nr. 5031) for his device in 1897. Szczepanik's telectroscope...
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    worked on it with Jan Szczepanik. It saved the life of Alfonso XIII, the King of Spain—his carriage was covered with Szczepanik's bulletproof armour...
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    to 11 March 2024. The forerunner of television in Poland should be Jan Szczepanik, called the "Polish Edison", who in 1897 patented at the British Patent...
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    equivalent to $24,000 in 2023. A similar vest made by Polish inventor Jan Szczepanik in 1901 saved the life of Alfonso XIII of Spain when he was shot by...
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    Aeroscope, the first successful hand-held operated film camera. In 1897, Jan Szczepanik constructed the Telectroscope, a prototype of television transmitting...
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    in television literature of line and frame scanning. Polish inventor Jan Szczepanik patented a color television system in 1897, using a selenium photoelectric...
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    Kazimierz Prószyński is regarded along with Bolesław Matuszewski and Jan Szczepanik as one of the most important pioneers of Polish cinema and cinematography...
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