Ognjeslav Kostović
Ognjeslav is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Ognjeslav Stepanović Kostović (1851–1916), Serbian inventor *Ognjeslav Utješenović Ognjeslav Utješenović Ostrožinski (spelled Utješinović in some sources; sr-Cyrl, Огњеслав Утјешеновић Острожински; 21 August 1817 – 8 June 1890) was a Croatian Serb politician and writer. He is mainly rememb ... (1817–1890), Serbian politician {{Short pages monitor ...
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Ognjeslav Stepanović Kostović
Ognjeslav Stepanović Kostović (Serbian Cyrillic: Огњеслав Степановић Костовић) (1851 – 16 December 1916) was a Serbian inventor. He is credited with creating "arbonite" (i.e. plywood), the first "plastic" materials (e.g. gutta percha) pre-date 1906 plastic in the world. Biography He was born in Wieselburg in the Austrian Empire to a Serbian noble family residing in Pest in the Kingdom of Hungary, but spent most of his life in Saint Petersburg in the Russian Empire. He is credited with creating "arbonite" (i.e. plywood), the first "plastic" materials (e.g. gutta percha) pre-date 1906 plastic in the world. Kostović patented the technology of the production of arbonite in the USA on 4 September 1906. In the early 1880s he designed and attempted to construct a dirigible (airship),The creatio ...
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