From the invention of the wheel to the rise of nuclear power stations, man has always attempted to harness the power of nature-sometimes resulting in disaster. Here are ten inventors whose own inventions ended up killing them.
1. Otto Lilienthal
The German pioneer in gliding flights. An excursion on his hang glider led him to his death on August 9th, 1896, when the glider lost its lift and plummeted Lilienthal 56 feet to the ground. He died a day later after breaking his spine.
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