Henry Coanda
(1886 - 1972) scientist, airplane builder and inventor, forerunner of the world jet aviation .
more than 150 patents, he invented:
- the first jet aircraft
- the recoilless gun
- the lens aerodyne (based on the "Coanda effect" i.e. the deviation of a fluid jet near a convex wall)
- twin-engined aircraft
- concrete fuel tanks
- prefab houses (gold medal in Padua "per invenzione delle construzioni in acciaio multicellulari", 1930)
- solar installation for seawater desalting
- "beton-bois" - a special material for building and ornaments (used by architect I.A. Berindei to decorate the interior of the Palace in Jassy, 1925)
he was roumanian of course
