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    Leonardo Torres Quevedo (Spanish: [leoˈnaɾðo ˈtores keˈβeðo]; 28 December 1852 – 18 December 1936) was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician, and inventor...
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  • Georgie Torres, Puerto Rican basketball player Gleyber Torres, Venezuelan baseball player Héctor Torres, Mexican baseball player Leonardo Torres Quevedo, Spanish...
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    Vaucanson (Newquist 1994, p. 40), (McCorduck 2004, p. 16) and Leonardo Torres y Quevedo (McCorduck 2004, pp. 59–62) Cave S, Dihal K, Dillon S (2020)....
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  • Quevedo, 16th-century Spanish Franciscan bishop and missionary Leonardo Torres Quevedo, Spanish engineer and mathematician, would be called "Torres"...
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    et Appliquées. 2: 601–611. "Computer Pioneers by J.A.N. Lee - Leonardo Torres Y Quevedo". Retrieved 3 February 2018. Bromley 1990. Steinhaus, H. (1999)...
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    axeðɾeˈθista], English: The Chess Player) is an automaton built in 1912 by Leonardo Torres Quevedo in Madrid, one of the first autonomous machines capable of playing...
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  • Charles V, best known for his victory at the Battle of Lepanto Leonardo Torres y Quevedo (1852–1936): Spanish civil engineer and mathematician Ramón Areces...
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    aviation "La dirección de globos y un inventor español". La Época. 1902. Francisco A. González Redondo.Leonardo Torres Quevedo, 1902-1908. The Foundations...
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    Digital Computer: The Contributions of Ludgate, Torres, and Bush by Brian Randell, 1982, Ludgate: pp. 4–5, Quevedo: pp. 6, 11–13, Bush: pp. 13, 16–17. Retrieved...
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  • time. The first true automaton El Ajedrecista was created by Leonardo Torres y Quevedo. B Symbol used for the bishop when recording chess moves in English...
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    automaton – which also has a human chess player hidden inside. 1912 – Leonardo Torres y Quevedo builds El Ajedrecista, a machine that could play King and Rook...
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  • astronaut and former Minister of Science Rafael Moneo, architect Leonardo Torres y Quevedo, inventor (several engineering fields) Antonio M. Pérez, CEO of...
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    Leonardo Alenza y Nieto (6 November 1807, Madrid – 30 June 1845, Madrid) was a Spanish painter and engraver in the Romantic style; associated with the...
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    similar systems followed, notably those of the Spanish engineer Leonardo Torres Quevedo, who built several machines for solving real and complex roots...
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  • confirmado: Angela Torres, Juan Darthés y Romina Gaetani" (in Spanish). television.com.ar. August 29, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2018. "Ángela Torres protagonizará...
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  • pioneering of remote control, by engineer and computer pioneer Leonardo Torres Quevedo (1852–1936) Electronic book by teacher, writer and inventor Ángela...
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    Terradas i Illa (1883–1950), mathematician, physicist and engineer Leonardo Torres Quevedo (1852–1936), engineer and computer scientist, pioneer of automated...
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    ESFRI Roadmap 2018". www.roadmap2018.esfri.eu (in Spanish). "Leonardo Torres Quevedo y sus prodigiosos inventos". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 18 December...
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  • (1951–2007), writer Galeotti Torres, Rodolfo, sculptor García Granados y Saborío, María (1860–1878), socialite García Granandos y Zavala, María Josefa (1796–1848)...
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    Rodrigáñez 1922–1928: José Rodríguez Carracido 1928–1934: Leonardo Torres Quevedo 1934–1938: Blas Cabrera y Felipe 1940–1958: José Casares Gil 1958–1966: Alfonso...
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    mechanical differential analyzers. In the 1890s, the Spanish engineer Leonardo Torres Quevedo began to develop a series of advanced analog machines that could...
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  • Gauss in the early 1800s. In the late 1800s, the Spanish engineer Leonardo Torres Quevedo conceived a series of analogue calculating mechanical machines...
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    the Spanish government funded mathematician and civil engineer Leonardo Torres Quevedo in developing the automaton known as El Ajedrecista, which aimed...
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    for each intermediate calculation. In 1914, the Spanish engineer Leonardo Torres Quevedo published Essays on Automatics, where he designed a special-purpose...
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  • Padilla Hortensio Félix Paravicino y Arteaga Manuel Pellicer de Velasco Salvador Jacinto Polo de Medina Francisco de Quevedo Bernardino de Rebolledo Andrés...
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    Benito Pérez Galdós Manuel José Quintana Gonzalo Torrente Ballester Leonardo Torres Quevedo Juan Valera José Zorrilla Joint publications of the RAE and the...
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    Galdós Leonardo Torres Quevedo Emérita Esparza The Prince of Asturias Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg "Crónicas' descubre al fotógrafo Christian Franzen y su...
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  • Madrid, Spain (2008), a research work on the Spanish Engineer Leonardo Torres Quevedo and his Telekino, which led to the dedication of an IEEE Milestone...
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    canonical system for the creation of formal languages. In 1907, Leonardo Torres Quevedo introduced a formal language for the description of mechanical...
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    (1832–1916), Spanish politician, playwright and mathematician. Leonardo Torres Quevedo (1852–1936), Spanish engineer, mathematician and inventor. Antonio...
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