RIZAL AS A INVENTOR,

DISCOVER AND AN
ARCHITECT
PRESENTED BY:

CANALES, CARLO RAMON C.

WHEN DID RIZAL START ALL THIS?

In 1892 Jose Rizal was arrested nine days after his arrival in the Philippines from Europe due
to sedition allegations that were hurled against him by the Spanish authorities.
Rizal, when he was exiled to Dapitan was able to invent, construct and impart most of his
knowledge about agriculture. He was able to discover different species in his time of exile.
Which in turn was named after him.

In the paper called The Inventor in Dr. Jose P. Rizal, the Knight of Rizal said that the inventor
personality in Rizal had blossomed during his years of exile in Dapitan in the Zamboanga
peninsula.

RIZAL INVENTIONS
Two known inventions made by Rizal:
"sulpakan or sulpukan
Wooden Brick Machine

SULPAKAN/SULPUKAN

Sulpakan is a cigarette lighter that used a

compressed air mechanism
In 1887, Rizal gave this invention to his friend
Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt as a gift.

WOODEN BRICK MACHINE

This invention of Rizal is capable of making 6,000 bricks per day.
Rizal was the first to build this machine in the Philippines.
a project anticipating perhaps what was to be the first National Housing
Authoritys objective. With such a production output the machine must have
been a sophisticated one, Said by Mendoza on a newspaper article.

RIZAL AS AN ARCHITECT
Constructions made by Rizal
Houses made of nipa and bamboos also know as bahay kubo

Water System in Dapitan

Huge relief map of Mindanao

HOUSES BUILT BY RIZAL

In Talisay, he built three distinct bamboo and nipa houses -square, hexagonal, and octagonal in shapes, which served as
family residence, chicken coop, and his pupils' dormitory,
respectively.
In a letter to Ferdinand Blumentritt, Rizal described his typical day
in his new home:
I am going to tell you how we live here. I have a square house,
another hexagonal, and another octagonalall made of bamboo,
wood and nipa. In the square one my mother, my sister Trinidad, a
nephew, and I live. In the octagonal my boys livesome boys whom
I teach arithmetic, Spanish, and Englishand now and then a patient
who has been operated on. In the hexagonal are my chickens.

WATER SYSTEM MADE BY RIZAL

Rizal held the title of expert surveyor (perito
agrimensor), which he obtained from the
Ateneo.
In Dapitan, he applied his knowledge of
engineering by constructing a system of
waterworks in order to furnish clean water to
the townspeople.

RELIEF MAP
Through the help of his Jesuit teacher, Fr.
Francisco de Paula Sanchez, Rizal set up a public
plaza and street lighting, and constructed a huge
relief map of Mindanao in front of the parish
church.
It is now declared a National Historical Landmark
by the NHI and an important cultural property
by the National Museum.

RIZAL AS A SCIENTIST
Rizal was able to discover a lot of species when he Dolichopeza Rizaleusis Crane Fly
was staying in Dapitan. Some was named after him.
Anopheles Minimus
Draco rizali (Wandolleck) Flying dragon
Leptocorisa Acuta Rizalensis
Apogonia rizali (Heller) - Beetle
Chalcosoma Atlas Beetle
Rhacophorus rizali (Boetger) Frog
Salaginto Insect
Spathomeles rizali - a small fungus bettle.
Sasamba
Hydropsyche Rizali Hydropsyche
Scorpion (Alackdan per Raca
Glenochrysa Rizal Elton Fly
Coconut Beetle
Pachyrrhynchus Rizali Beetle
You can find more information of his discoveries of
Aedes (Finlaya) Rizali
Insects of animal here:
Ecnomus Rizali
Hemerobius Rizali
Cyrestis Maendis Rizali Butterfly

https://philippinenationalhero.wordpress.com/2016/
03/02/mga-insektong-nadiskubre-ni-dr-jose-rizal/

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