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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 51. Chapters: Leo Szilard, Istvan Turr, Joseph Petzval, David Schwarz, Anyos Jedlik, Theodore von Karman, Kalman Tihanyi, Andrew Grove, Nicholas Straussler, Kalman Kando, Artur Gorgey, Samuel Mikoviny, Josef Papp, Peter Carl Goldmark, Alexander Pfitzner, Rudolf E. Kalman, Wolfgang von Kempelen, Zoltan Lajos Bay, Aurel Stodola, Tivadar Puskas, Oszkar Asboth, Karl Schugerl, Bela Barenyi, Laszlo B. Kish, Otto Blathy, Jozsef Galamb, Albert Fono, Ferenc Anisits, Vittorio Jano, Leslie L. Vadasz, Istvan Friedrich, Bela Gerster, Paul Jaray, Ferenc Pavlics, Pal Selenyi, Jozsef Angster, Janos Csonka, Mor Korach, Imre Brody, Gyorgy Jendrassik, Endre Misteth, Karoly Zipernowsky, Karoly Hieronymi, Denes Mihaly, Laszlo Kozma, Laszlo Heller, Donat Banki, Abraham Ganz, Bela Karlovitz, Miksa Deri, Bertalan Arkay, Paul von Janko, Gyorgy Szigeti, Ern Winter, Tivadar Millner, George Clifford Sziklai, Pal Kiraly, Aleksandar Just. Excerpt: Istvan Turr (Italian: , French: ), (August 10, 1825, Baja, Hungary - May 3, 1908, Budapest) was a Hungarian soldier, revolutionary, canal architect and engineer, remembered in Italy for his role in that country's unification and his association with Garibaldi. In the later years of his life became known as a peace activist. Turr was born in the city of Baja, Hungary, the fifth child of an ironmonger. His mother was the Hungarian Terezia Udvary, whose father was a medical doctor. When young he was not a diligent pupil and left school early. As a teenager he tried his father's profession as well as working in a mill and as an unskilled mason, but did not show great aptitude for any of these three jobs. The first time he tried to enlist in the Austrian Army he was rejected, but on his re-application in 1842 he was accepted at the age of 17. Moreover, officers...
