Kulibin’s project was highly praised by L. Euler, D. Bernoulli, and the other members, but it was never built.
In 1764-67 he built an egg-shaped clock containing an extremely complex automatic mechanism. The first ship of this kind successfully passed all his tests, though it had some significant drawbacks and was expensive to build and maintain. But he changed his mind when Ivan proved his talent by designing a hydraulic machine to turn the plant-filled water-basin in Kulibins’ garden into a running-water pond where fish could live and breed.Once while in Moscow, Kulibin bought some tools for clock-making. Unlike the foot-powered cart, the "lifting armchair" was a great source of entertainment for Catherine and the courtiers, and so were the fireworks Kulibin organized for the royal parties. This traumatic incident made him give up his military career and his dreams of a happy marriage. He was nicknamed Nizhny Novgorod Archimedes.
Soon, Nepeitsyn returned to military service. 10 (21), 1735, in Nizhny Novgorod (present-day Gorky); died there June 30 (July 11), 1818. Every hour, the egg opened and small mechanical figures inside performed the Resurrection scene from the Bible: an angel descended to the Holy Sepulcher, where he surprised and frightened the guards and met The Three Marys. In 1769 he presented the clock to Catherine II, who appointed him head of the mechanical workshop at the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. This invention found wide application in illuminating workshops, vessels, and light-houses. Kulibin, Ivan Petrovich Born Apr. It used a servant to turn the pedals in place of an engine, but its mechanism included such details as a transmission gearbox, a steering gear, and a brake unit consisting of two springs. At noon, the clock played a cantata, dedicated to Catherine and composed by Kulibin himself. The inventor wrote many articles about pyrotechnics.The color light telegraph Kulibin invented in 1794 was to become the fastest way of communication at the time, but the project was put on hold and completely forgotten. How-ever, even these interesting designs were rejected by the government, despite their complete technical validity. Unfortunately, in 1800, while Kulibin was still working to improve his prosthesis, an Englishman named Pote patented a similar one. His father, Pyotr Kulibin, wanted him to become a merchant, and accordingly made him work as a vendor, but the young Kulibin was more interested in mechanics and reading than in the family business.
Ivan Kulibin was a Russian inventor whose name has become synonymous with self-taught inventors and people keen on mechanics or engineering.
All of… After mastering the necessary skills and gaining a good reputation among the town citizens, he decided to make a special clock to present to the Empress, In 1764, Kostromin gave Kulibin money to buy the necessary tools and materials for the clock, and agreed to financially support him and his assistants. Ivan Petrovich Kulibin (April 21, 1735 – August 11, 1818) was a Russian mechanic and inventor. This prosthesis was lighter and more mobile, as Kulibin had improved the technology.When Kulibin sent the drafts and the models of his invention to the Academy of Medicine and Surgery, “the mechanical legs” were considered innovative and approved by the medics.
Soon, clock mechanisms became a special interest of his.
Many years later, in 1813, Kulibin designed a metal one and this project remained on paper for the same reasons.In 1775, the Empress offered Kulibin nobility upon the sole condition that the inventor had to shave his remarkable beard and change his taste in clothes - Kulibin preferred traditional Russian clothing over European.
Ivan Kulibin was a Russian inventor whose name has become synonymous with self-taught inventors and people keen on mechanics or engineering. The project was a success. Some historians say, the technology had been stolen. He designed many other projects as well, including a device for boring and machining the inner surface of a cylinder, a machine for mining salt, a seeding machine, various milling machines, an original-design water wheel, and a piano-forte.
In 1794 he designed an optical telegraph for the long-distance transmission of pre-arranged signals.Kulibin was dismissed from the academy in 1801.