George Constantinescu

     George Constantinescu

 (October 4, 1881 - December 11, 1965)

Constantinescu  was a Romanian scientist, engineer and inventor. During his career, he registered over 130 inventions. He is the creator of the theory of sonics, a new branch of continuum mechanics, in which he described the transmission of mechanical energy through vibrations.Born in Craiova in "the Doctor's House" near the Mihai Bravu Gardens, influenced by his father George, born in 1844 (a professor of mathematics and engineering science, specialized in mathematics at the Sorbonne University.). Gogu Constantinescu has been settled in the United Kingdom from 1912, also Constantinescu was an honorary member of the Romanian Academy.Among his inventions are a mechanical torque converter, a sonic engine and a hydraulic machine-gun synchronizer (or interrupter gear) – which allowed airplane-mounted-guns to shoot between the spinning blades of the propeller). The Constantinesco synchronization gear  was first used operationally on the D.H.4s of No.He  was the designer of the Constantinesco, a French-manufactured car, and of the Constanţa Mosque .