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  1. 1895-1936. Spanish engineer. In trying to
  2. produce an aircraft that would not stall and
  3. could fly slowly, he invented the autogiro,
  4. the forerunner of the helicopter but
  5. differing from it in having unpowered rotors
  6. that revolve freely.
  7.