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1903 Wright brothers achieve powered flight. |
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The first exhaust-driven supercharger was developed by Dr. Alfred J. Büchi of Switzerland between 1909 and 1912. Dr. Büchi was Chief Engineer of Sulzer Brothers Research Department and in 1915 proposed the first prototype of a turbocharged diesel engine, but his ideas gained little or no acceptance at that time. |
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1912 Titanic hits iceberg.. |
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Experimental turbocharging plant opened in Sulzer Bros Ltd, Winterthur, Switzerland in 1911. |
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1928 Fleming discovers penicillin. |
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1925 marked the first successful application on 2 German ships fitted with 2,000 hp turbocharged diesel engines. This success led to Büchi licensing many manufacturers in Europe, USA, Japan. |
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1930 Amy Johnson flies solo to Australia. |
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1930s Turbochargers with axial turbines used in marine, railcar and large stationary applications. |
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1943 Colossus is world's first computer. |
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In the 1940s the advent of the aircraft gas turbine led to major advances in materials technology and design. This had the following implications for turbocharging :-
• development of improved heat resisting materials
• development of precision casting techniques for high temp materials
• this allowed the development of radial turbines and led to the use of radial flow turbos on small automotive diesel engines. |
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1953 Crick and Watson discover structure of DNA. |
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