INVENTOR

Josip Belušić

1847 - 1905

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Josip Belušić (March 12, 1847 – January 8, 1905) was a Croatian inventor and professor of physics and mathematics. He was born in the small settlement of Županići, in the region of Labin, Istria, and schooled in Pazin and Koper. Belušić continued his studies in Vienna, later resettling in Trieste before coming back to Istria, where he built his best known invention, the speedometer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josip Belušić has received more than 32,825 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Josip Belušić is the 218th most popular inventor (down from 217th in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 123rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Croatian Inventor.

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Josip Belušić has had the most page views in the with 4,003 views, followed by English (3,938), and Bosnian (1,418). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (96.53%), Swahili (86.74%), and Romanian (79.37%)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Josip Belušić ranks 218 out of 426. Before him are Gerald Bull, Robert Metcalfe, Helmut Gröttrup, John Wesley Hyatt, Artur Fischer, and George Washington. After him are Max Skladanowsky, Walter Hunt, Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Vittorio Jano, George Pullman, and Lou Ottens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Josip Belušić ranks 44. Before him are Nakano Takeko, Robert Fuchs, Julia Lermontova, Anton Reichenow, Afonso Pena, and Millicent Fawcett. After him are Giuseppe Giacosa, Oku Yasukata, Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Augusta Holmès, Margarete Steiff, and Agathe Backer Grøndahl. Among people deceased in 1905, Josip Belušić ranks 42. Before him are Pedro Américo, Mary Mapes Dodge, Franz Reuleaux, Clément Juglar, Tippu Tip, and Infanta Amalia of Spain. After him are Jean-Jacques Henner, Amalie Skram, Julius Oppert, Franz Overbeck, Máximo Gómez, and John Rogan.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Josip Belušić ranks 149 out of 700. Before him are Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria (1888), Demetrius of Pharos (-300), Frano Selak (1929), Herman of Carinthia (1100), Marco Antonio de Dominis (1560), and Zlatko Kranjčar (1956). After him are Ivan Mažuranić (1814), Josipa Lisac (1950), Svetozar Pribićević (1875), Ivan Perišić (1989), Toni Kukoč (1968), and Nicholas Tavelic (1340).

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Among INVENTORS In Croatia

Among inventors born in Croatia, Josip Belušić ranks 3. Before him are Nikola Tesla (1856), and Fausto Veranzio (1551). After him are Robert Ludvigovich Bartini (1897).

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