Cases where the inventor has become the victim of his own invention, actually not so little. What to do, to invent, is not only interesting, but dangerous. Voice" offers some very good examples proving this statement. However, this does not mean that the inventor to become not necessary.

The life of the inventor is not easy. First you should have a good idea, having solved the problem this way, which does not have thought of your predecessors, then to develop a project, and then to embody the idea into reality. The very nature of the invention involves continuous expansion of the boundaries of the possible. Thanks to this, today we do not live in caves and not repulsed by saber-toothed tigers.

But lady Luck turned her back to many potential "edisona". The mechanism suddenly refuses to work, and even kills the Creator, who gives him life. Here are some sad stories about the inventors who have become victims of their own creations. May their history will serve as a lesson to those who too many dreams. "The truth. Ru" invites readers to read this sad ratings, which is headed by:

1. Henry Smolinski

Engineer Smolinski trained by Northrop, but to dwell there: he founded his company Advanced Vehicle Engineers, the aim of which was the market launch of flying car. In 1973, the company created two of his first prototype, connecting the tail part of the plane Cessna Skymaster with Ford Pinto so that the tail was "shell". Next year Smolinski was going to begin serial production of such cars, and possibly the history of the automobile industry would have been completely different, don't go with Henry in a test flight with pilot Harold Blake September 11, 1973. Hour wing fell off the car, and as a result of the collapse of both died. The national Committee on transport security has established that the cause of the accident was poor-quality welding.

As the inventor, who was killed own invention, is:

2. Franz Reichelt

Franz Reichelt, French inventor with Austrian roots, made a living by tailoring, and in his free time working on the costume-parachute for pilots. Airplanes were still a novelty, and the ejection mechanism just was developed. The first tests of the costume on mannequins seemed Reichelt successful, and he decided to test suit yourself, jumping down from the lower tier of the Eiffel tower. Alas, falling from 60-meter height on frozen earth ended for the inventor in tears.

The third place in our ranking is a sad story of a man whose name was

3. Horace Lawson, Hanli

Horace L. Hanli worked as a lawyer and was part of the legislative Assembly of the state of Louisiana, but the real passion was not a policy or law, and submarines. Hanli participated in the design and construction of three different models of submarines for the Confederacy during the Civil war, the last of which was his grave. may 15, 1863, Hanly and 17 members of the team sank off the coast of South Carolina. The confederates raised the sunken boat and sent her on a mission with a new team, which managed to stay in jivaji even to flood the enemy ship. It was only luck submarines: went out to sea with a third crew, she was again sunk.

Never beforehand I don't know what's going to be fatal. This is clearly evidenced by the history of the chemist by the name of

4. Thomas Midgley Jr

The most famous talented chemist brought work with leaded gasoline and greenhouse gas freon. Midgley suffered from chronic lead poisoning, which is part of leaded petrol, and once even poured himself unto them his hands and a full minute smelled a flask of gasoline at a press conference, thus attempting to prove the safety of the fuel. One would assume that a chemist died from lead poisoning, but he was killed another invention - the system blocks and ropes that he used to keep my body in bed (chemist suffered from polio). November 2, 1944, Midgley entangled in verevo and suffocated.

Even Nobel laureates became victims of their creations. Such was the researcher radioactivity

4. Marie Curie

Maria Sklodowska-Curie, the celebrated woman physicist and chemist, not only examined radioactivity, but also opened two chemical element polonium and radium. Curie first ever received two Nobel prizes, and today repeated its achievement was only possible to Linus Pauling. Chemist not only developed the theory of radioactivity, but also in your example has proved its deadly effect: Curie died July 4, 1934, diagnosed with aplastic anemia caused by irradiation.

Cases where the invention ruined his Creator, happened in ancient times. One such victim is known to historians is

5. Perillos Athens

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However, perhaps, of all the inventors of this citizen fell victim of his own invention deservedly so. Perillos, bronze master, developed torture weapon called "the bronze bull", which was used for the execution of criminals. Inside the bull was cavity, where planted guilty, and under his belly was a fire, so that the poor man was shrivels alive. Cries executed, passing through the nostrils bull turned into a bull's bellow. His invention Perillos gave local Tirana to Falaris, for which he paid: he gave orders to execute in the bull of the master.

And these days such a situation is not uncommon. So for what would be the inventor, it is necessary to have not only talent, but also courage. Without any doubt, they had

6. Valerian Bakowski

However, it did not save him. Russian inventor Valerian Abadowski was killed when his invention, high speed aerovion went downhill during the tests. Aerovion was equipped aircraft engine propeller and was intended for transportation of the Soviet party functionaries from Moscow and back. The inventor was only 26 years old.

So, as you can see, the inventor is a very dangerous profession. And at the same time is very necessary...