5 Inventors who were Killed by Their Inventions
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Fremont: The world is fuelled by new inventions which change the way we are. Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, the Wright brothers invented the airplane, and Graham Bell invented the telephone, but they survived and died a natural death. However, there are few inventors who got killed by their own inventions. Let's take a look at those who dug their own grave. Max Valier
Five Inventors Who Were Killed By Their Inventions
Max Valier, an Austrian rocketry pioneer, who invented the liquid-fuelled rocket engines, was killed in 1930, when an alcohol-fuelled engine exploded on his test bench, killing him on the spot. Born in Bozen, his interest in science made him work as a freelance science writer. Inspired by Hermann Oberth's book "The Rocket into Interplanetary Space", Valier wrote a book to explain Oberth's idea in layman terms. In 1928 and 1929, Valier worked with Fritz von Opel on a number of rocket-powered cars and aircrafts. Valier was a member of the VfR- "Spaceflight Society" which focused on liquid-fuelled rockets. He was killed when an alcohol-fuelled rocket exploded on his test bench in Berlin. Arthur Rudolph later developed a safer version to Valier's engine. Valier is remembered as one of the most famous inventors and many institutions (observatories and schools) bear his name.

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