!!!Hörbiger, Hanns Hoerbiger, Hanns, b Vienna-Atzgersdorf, Nov. 29, 1860, d. Vienna, Oct. 11, 1931, engineer; grandson of Alois Hoerbiger, father of Paul Hoerbiger and Attila Hoerbiger. Constructed the first light, frictionless disk valve for blowers, pumps and compressors (patent 1895). Originator of the Welteislehre, a theory of cosmogony which is not based on scientific principles. !Publication P. Fauth (ed.), H. Glacial-Kosmogonie, 1913. !Literature B. Nagel, Die Welteislehre. Ihre Geschichte und ihre Rolle im "Dritten Reich", %%sup 2/%2000; OeBL; NDB. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Hörbiger,_Hanns|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]