Leonardo Torres Quevedo

**Leo''N'' Torres Quevedo** (Spanish: [leoˈnaɾðo ˈtores keˈβeðo]; 28 Disamba 1852 - 18 Disamba 1936) masanin injiniya ne na , masanin lissafi kuma mai kirkiro, wanda aka sani da sababbin abubuwan injiniya da yawa, gami da trams na sama, jiragen sama, catamarans, da kuma kula da nesa. Ya kuma kasance majagaba a fagen kwamfuta da robotics. Torres ta kasance memba na cibiyoyin kimiyya da al'adu da yawa kuma ta rike irin waɗannan muhimman mukamai kamar kujerar N na Real Academia Española (1920-1936) da kuma shugabancin Royal Academy of Sciences na Spain (1928-1934). A shekara ta 1927 ya zama abokin tarayya na kasashen waje na Kwalejin Kimiyya ta Faransa .

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Torres a ranar 28 ga watan Disamba na shekara ta 1852, a bikin Mai Tsarki Innocents, a Santa Cruz de Iguña, Cantabria, Spain. Mahaifinsa, Luis Torres Vildósola y Urquijo (1818-1891), injiniyan farar hula ne a Bilbao, inda ya yi aiki a matsayin injiniyan jirgin kasa. Mahaifiyarsa ita ce Valentina Quevedo de la Maza (1825-1891). Yana da 'yan uwa biyu, Joaquina (an haife shi a shekara ta 1851) da Luis (an haifee a shekara ta 1805). Iyalin sun zauna mafi yawa a Bilbao, kodayake sun kuma shafe lokaci mai tsawo a gidan mahaifiyarsa a yankin dutsen Cantabria. Yayinda yake yaro, ya shafe lokaci mai yawa ba tare da iyayensa ba saboda tafiye-tafiyen aikinsu. Saboda haka 'yan uwan Barrenechea, dangi a gefen mahaifinsa, ne suka kula da shi, wadanda suka sanya masa suna magajin su, wanda ya ba da damar samun' yancin kai a nan gaba.

## Ayyuka
Torres ya fara aiki a matsayin injiniyan farar hula na 'yan watanni a kan ayyukan jirgin kasa kamar yadda mahaifinsa ya yi, amma sha'awarsa da sha'awar koyo ya kai shi ga barin shiga cikin Corps don sadaukar da kansa cikin "tunani game da abubuwan da na yi". A matsayinsa na matashi dan kasuwa wanda ya gaji dukiyar iyali mai yawa, nan da nan ya fara tafiya mai tsawo ta Turai a 1877, ya ziyarci Italiya, Faransa da Switzerland, don sanin ci gaban kimiyya da fasaha na ranar, musamman a yankin da ke farawa na wutar lantarki. Da ya dawo Spain, ya zauna a Santander, inda ya ci gaba da ayyukan bincikensa na tallafawa kansa.

### Hanyar waya

Gwajin Torres a fagen hanyoyin waya da motocin waya ya fara da wuri a lokacin da yake zaune a garin da aka haife shi, Molledo. A can, a cikin 1885, ya gina hanyar waya ta farko don ɗaukar raunin kimanin mita 40 (130 . Hanyar kebul ɗin tana da kimanin mita 200 (660  a fadin kuma tana jigilar mutum ɗaya wanda ke zaune a cikin kujera da ke rataye daga kebul kuma yana da wani kebul. Injin da aka yi amfani da  motsa nauyin mutum ya kasance shanu biyu. Daga baya, a cikin 1887, zai gina hanyar waya a kan Río León a , mafi girma da motsi, amma wanda aka yi niyya ne kawai don jigilar kayan.[es]

Daga 26 ga Afrilu zuwa 23 ga Satumba 1990, wani nuni da ake kira De la Machine à Calculer de Pascal à l'Ordinateur . An gudanar da 350 annes d'Informatique a Musée des Arts et Métiers a Paris,  inda za a gane kirkirar Torres a matsayin daya daga cikin tsarin lissafin dijital na farko: "A cikin 1920, Mutanen Espanya Leonardo Torres Quevedo ya gina cikakken lissafin lantarki na atomatik. Don yin wannan, ya yi amfani da fasahar ragowa, wanda aka haɓaka don bukatun tarho. "

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