Re: Thought this was interesting (turbo related)
FTA:
On 16 November 1905 Swiss engineer Dr. Alfred Büchi received patent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent No. 204630 from the Imperial Patent Office of the German Reich for a "combustion machine consisting of a compressor (turbine compressor)
holy shit, the 16th is my bday too!!
...21 in less then two weeks FTW!!
Last edited by SDM For Life; Nov 7, 2008 at 07:05 AM.