![]() ![]() ![]() Thomas Midgley, was an American engineer and chemist. An autopsy on his body was later performed only to reveal that he died of a heart attack during his fall. Reichelt was already dead by the time witnesses had reached him. Immediately the wingsuit folded around him and he fell with speed, and hit the ground. Placing one foot on the rail, Reichelt adjusted the suit, and then tested the wind direction by "tossing a scrap of paper off the edge". But Reichelt was not afraid and insisted he will go ahead to do it.Īfter taking the decision, he swore he would not use a safety rope or take any other precautions. ![]() He had informed his friends, and they had tried talking him out of doing it since he had several failed attempts with dummies. But he had a change of mind and decided he would make the jump himself. His plan was to test the suit using dummies. Here are four inventors who were killed by the very machine they created.įranz Reichelt on February 4, 1912, climbed the Eiffel Tower wearing a wingsuit he designed. However, not all inventions "lead to glory". There were some that failed, while on the other hand, a few inventors tragically died while experimenting on what they had created. Uptil today, some of them are praised and remembered, due to the fact that their inventions have modernized and become certain things that we use In our daily lives. We have all heard of great inventors both past and present, who were successful at what they invented after so many trials. ![]()
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