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    Marc Birkigt (8 March 1878, Geneva – 15 March 1953, Versoix) was a Swiss engineer, automotive and aviation pioneer, and co-founder of Hispano-Suiza in...
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  • Birkigt may refer to: Birkigt (Freital), a district of Freital, Germany Marc Birkigt, a Swiss engineer This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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    during World War II. The cannon is also referred to as Birkigt type 404, after its designer Marc Birkigt and later versions based on British development are...
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    'Spanish-Swiss') is a Spanish automotive company. It was founded in 1904 by Marc Birkigt and Damián Mateu [es] as an automobile manufacturer and eventually had...
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    HS.9. This design was later abandoned by Hispano-Suiza. In the 1930s, Marc Birkigt designed an entirely new gas-operated cannon with a locked bolt, the...
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    needed] The H6 engine featured a straight-six engine inspired by designer Marc Birkigt's work on aircraft engines. It was an all-aluminium engine displacing...
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    Paris-based body maker Carrosserie J. Saoutchik and used Swiss engineer Marc Birkigt's V12 engine. Rogliatti 1973, p. 77. Kimes 1990, p. 646. Nicholson 1982...
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    American Curtiss OX-5. The 1915 Hispano-Suiza 8 SOHC engine was designed by Marc Birkigt from Switzerland and was built by Hispano-Suiza in France and Spain as...
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    and Australia's Alexander Pentland. In February 1915, Swiss designer Marc Birkigt had created an overhead cam aviation powerplant based on his Hispano-Suiza...
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    claimed that a large portion of the credit for the S.XIII lies with Marc Birkigt, the designer of the engine, who had chosen to introduce various innovative...
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