Biography

José Ribas Cadaval, Brazilian military, physician and inventor (Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul State 22 April 1863 – Rio de Janeiro 29 July 1920)

Published Tratado de Aeronautica-Navegação Aerea (Aeronautics Treatise – Aerial Navigation) in 1911, the first treatise about aeronautics written by a Brazilian; laureated with prize from Belgian King

INVENTIONS

Aerocruiser Hermes (1908)

Cadaval method for learning children and adults to read, write and count (1908)

Acrenine, a compound used against paludism 

Cadaval Bakery-Automobile 

A dirigible glider balloon named Aerostoplano patented in France (n. 422.278) in 27 January 1911

Cadaval hydroplane