Niklaus Riggenbach (21 May 1817 – 25 July 1899) was an Alsatian-born Swiss mechanic, railway engineer, politician and inventor of the rack railway system...
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Riggenbach is a Germanic surname of Swiss origin. Albert Riggenbach (19th century), meteorologist Niklaus Riggenbach (1817-1899), Swiss inventor Riggenbach...
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Counter-pressure brake (redirect from Riggenbach counter-pressure brake)
(German: Gegendruckbremse), also named the Riggenbach counter-pressure brake after its inventor, Niklaus Riggenbach, is a dynamic railway brake on steam locomotives...
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politician Niklaus Pfluger (born 1958), Swiss Catholic priest Niklaus Riggenbach (1817 – 1899), Swiss inventor, engineer and locomotive builder Niklaus Schilling...
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Rack railway (redirect from Riggenbach rack system)
rack. The Riggenbach rack system was invented by Niklaus Riggenbach working at about the same time as, but independently from Marsh. Riggenbach was granted...
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lodging in it. A similar design, called the Riggenbach rack system, was invented by engineer Niklaus Riggenbach in Switzerland at about the same time. The...
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Rickover (1900–1986), U.S. – Nuclear submarine Niklaus Riggenbach (1817–1899), Switzerland – Riggenbach rack railway system, Counter-pressure brake Dennis...
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(1947–2018), pediatrician, founder of children's hospitals in Cambodia Niklaus Riggenbach (1817–1899), engineer Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998), Sufi writer, born...
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October 1871. The Vitznau–Rigi Railway was built by the engineers Niklaus Riggenbach, Ferdinand Adolf Naeff and Olivier Zschokke. At first it ran only...
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