Technikatörténeti szemle 18. (1990-1991)

TANULMÁNYOK - Trudeau, Terence: The Work and Life of John Csonka

pires of our age, but in one of the most turbulent areas of the world, torn by wars and revolutions, in a country first devastated, then divided up and partially occupied by foreign powers in the wake of the First World War. Today on of the single-cylinder automobiles built by John Csonka and one of his four-cylinder vehicles can be seen at the Museum of Transportation in Budapest. Also displayed there is the chassis of his very first automobile. His bust stands in the garden of that museum. The first experimental piece of the Banki-Csonka engine equipped with an atomizing carburetor is in the possession of the National Museum of Technology in Budapest. Other items and memorabilia are exhibited at various locations in Hungary. A more important monument to John Csonka's s life work, however, are his ideas as preserved by generations of former collaborators, students and employees, with whom he had been associated during his long and extraordinarily productive lifetime. 1989 the square before his in 1948 nationalized factory (then his sons emigrated to the States) has been named from him Janos (John) Csonka Square. Over the decades, many of these men have made outstanding contributions to science and technology, and have themselves since raised students whose work has by now encompassed the entire globe, including most notably the United States. And, of course, a monument to John Csonka's genius are his many inventions, the most important among which is undoubtedly the atomizing carburetor. Through these he became one of the giants, whose vision helped to shape the industrial era of gasoline engines, automobiles, airplanes, highways and airports, in short, the modern world as we have come to know it. TERENCE TRUDEAU: CSONKA JÁNOS ÉLETE ÉS MŰKÖDÉSE Az amerikai karburátor kutató számol be Csonka Bélával és ifj. Csonka Jánossal (akik Amerikában éltek) történt beszélgetéstől indíttatva arról, hogyan találta fel Csonka János és Bánki Donát a karburátort és bizonyítja dokumentumok alapján annak világelsőségét.