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    Alfred Büchi (July 11, 1879 – October 27, 1959) was a Swiss engineer and inventor. He was best known as the inventor of turbocharging. Büchi was born July...
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    supervision of Alfred Büchi, to SLM, Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works in Winterthur. This was followed very closely in 1925, when Alfred Büchi successfully...
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  • Alfred Büchi (born 2 April 1909, date of death unknown) was a Swiss racing cyclist. He rode in the 1932 Tour de France. "Alfred Büchi". Cycling Archives...
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    density. The turbocharger was invented in the early 20th century by Alfred Büchi, a Swiss engineer and the head of diesel engine research at the Gebrüder...
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  • Means of Reaction Devices was published by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky 1905 – Alfred Büchi patents the turbocharger. 1913 – René Lorin invents the ramjet. 1915...
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  • 1905: The exhaust-driven turbocharger is patented by Swiss engineer Alfred Büchi. 1905: Cylinder deactivation is employed for the first time. 1908: The...
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    versatile athlete and club president. Ernst Wetter (1877–1963), politician Alfred Büchi (1879–1959), inventor of the exhaust gas turbocharger Albert Thellung...
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  • feminist and war correspondent, died of diphtheria. Swiss engineer Alfred Büchi received the first patent for his invention of the turbocharger for motors...
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  • contributions to the development of the Diesel Electric locomotive. 1952, Alfred Büchi, Swiss engineer and inventor, an authority on Diesel engines. 1954, C...
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  • Alfred Rüegg 1931 Ernst Meier Ernst Hofer Alfred Bula 1932 Hermann Müller Turel Wanzenfried Georges Antenen 1933 Georges Antenen Albert Büchi Alfred Büchi...
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