Gašper Weber, Tim Souček, Lea Rebernik & Nuša Rojec PYRHELIOPHORO
Gašper Weber, Tim Souček,Lea Rebernik & Nuša Rojec
PYRHELIOPHORO
• The pyrheliophoro was invented in 1900 by portougese scientiste Manuel António Gomes known as Father Himalaya.
Manuel António Gomes • Father Himalaya• Born in 1868, in
Cendufe • Father Himalaya
was only seventeen when he built a machine that could transform nitrogen and increase the fertility of the soil
• He was a priest, a vegetarian, a Nature lover, a self trained biologist and a practitioner of natural medicine.
• He became member of the Portuguese Science Academy.
• He died in 1933 in Portugal.
In his life Father Himalaya travelled all around the world…
The sun machine• A gigantic solar
furnace with equally gigantic lens
• It means »I bring the sun's fire«
• First experiment in October 1903
• Built and presented in 1904, in St. Louis, at the World’s Great Exhibition
• 80 squared meters
• Reaches 3500°C
• 6177 tiny mirrors
• Steel frame 13 meters high
• Painted a bright blue
Function
Use of pyrheliophoro
• To provide energy: – for the production of hot water or
steam – for industrial processes
Pyrheliophoro was made in 21st century. It was presented in British television miniseries James May's Big Ideas.
• This invention way extremely important because it was the base of the creation of the first solar collectors and photovoltaic modules.
• Despite this enormous success, the Pyrheliophoro has never been commercialised.