Spanish inventions

incendiary weapon using flammable liquid in a bottle

thumb|upright=1.36|The AutoGyro Calidus, a modern, closed-cabin, pusher-propeller autogyro in flight

thumb|A glass of Amontillado sherry with [[olives]]

acoustic wooden guitar with wide neck, strings made of nylon

A rapier () is a type of sword originally used in Spain (known as '', ) and Italy (known as spada da lato a striscia''). The name designates a sword with a straight, slender and sharply pointed two-edged long blade wielded in one hand. Known for its elegant design and intricate hilt, it was widely popular in Western Europe throughout the 16th and 17th centuries as a symbol of nobility or gentleman status.

medical route of administration

rotating machine used to control or apply force to another element

A tercio (, Spanish for '[a] third') was a military administrative unit of the Spanish Army during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain and Habsburg Spain in the early modern period. They were the elite military units of the Spanish monarchy and essential pieces of the powerful land forces of the Spanish Empire, sometimes also fighting along with the navy. These forces were among the most dominant in the European battlefields for more than a century and a half.

architectural element

movable bridge that carries a segment of roadway across an obstacle

propulsion system for submarines which operates without access to atmospheric oxygen

type of ship in use in the 16th and 17th centuries

Laryngoscopy () is endoscopy of the larynx, a part of the throat. It is a medical procedure that is used to obtain a view, for example, of the vocal folds and the glottis. Laryngoscopy may be performed to facilitate tracheal intubation during general anaesthesia or cardiopulmonary resuscitation or for surgical procedures on the larynx or other parts of the upper tracheobronchial tree.

first true automaton able to play chess

card deck used in Spain

flag design(s) used to represent disability

Spanish electric submarine (1888)

metallurgical process: extraction of silver by amalgamation

was a pioneering submarine by Narciso Monturiol in 1864

The Hiriko is a folding two-seat urban electric car that was under development by the Hiriko Driving Mobility consortium in the Basque Country of northern Spain. The electric car was to be the commercial implementation of the CityCar project developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab since 2003. The name Hiriko comes from the Basque word for "urban" or "from the city".

Spanish submarine by Narciso Monturiol in 1859

geographical object

Type of firearm mechanism

Type of lute

16th century engineering devices in Spain