Alexander Rejto

* Košice, 21 August 1853 – † Budapest, 4 February 1928 / mechanical engineer, university of technology ; teacher ; ; He received his degree from the Budapest University of Technology in 1878, which was the first mechanical engineering degree issued there. In 1901–1902, he was the dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Royal József Nádor University of Technology, and then rector there in 1920–1921. He organized the materials testing laboratory of the Institute of Mechanical Technology, partly with machines and instruments of his own design. Here, his colleague was János Csonka (who later also became world famous), one of the inventors of the atomizer. In 1888, he became head of the Department of Mechanical Technology. From 1912, he was a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and from 1923, a full member. Based on his lecture notes, his 4-volume main work, Principles of Theoretical Mechanical Technology, was written in the 1920s. His book on textile technology remained the bible of textile engineers for many decades. The essence of the theoretical guidelines of the Rejtő School, formed by his students and colleagues, was: research based on a scientific basis, with a practical objective. His teaching and research work was particularly successful in the field of the textile industry. His main field of science was materials testing. His theory on the behavior of structural materials aroused great interest and much debate. He was the first to point out that the properties of metallic materials depend on their material structure. He conducted in-depth research in the field of metal, wood, textile, paper and mill technologies, and gave high-quality lectures to mechanical engineering students. He worked at the Industrial Inspectorate established by Gábor Baross, as one of the first industrial inspectors. ; ; His main works: ; Determination of the durability of fabrics, 1887, ; The durability of paper, 1891, ; The exhaustion of metals, 1910, ; Principles of theoretical mechanical technology I-IV., 1915 – 1923, ; Some principles of theoretical mechanical technology of metals, 1927.