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3 unusual facts about Boveri


Boveri

Margret Boveri (1900-1975), German journalist and publicist, daughter of Marcella O'Grady and Theodor Boveri

Walter Boveri (1865-1924), Swiss industrialist, co-founder of the company Brown, Boveri & Cie, brother of Theodor Boveri

Theodor Boveri (1862-1915), German biologist, brother of Walter Boveri


Asea

Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget, a former Swedish industrial company, now part of Asea Brown Boveri

Boverius

Giovanni Boveri (Boverius) (Saluzzo, 1568-Genoa, 1638) was an Italian jurist, who became a Capuchin Friar Minor, taking the name Zacharias.

Korail Class 8000

The locomotive was designed by the 50 C/S group, which consisted of European manufacturers Alsthom, Siemens, GEC, MTE, Brown-Boveri, ACEC, and AEG, and was led by Alsthom.

Vapor-compression evaporation

The largest single body MVR evaporator built (1968, by Whiting Co., later Swenson Evaporator Co., Harvey, Ill. in Cirò Marina, Italy) was a salt crystallizer, evaporating approximately 400 metric tons per hour of water, featuring an axial-flow compressor (Brown Boveri, later ABB).

Wengernalp railway

Building of the stock has been carried out by SIG, with electrical equipment by Brown Boveri / Asea Brown Boveri and later by Stadler with electrical equipment by Steck, (except No. 231 which was built by SLM with electrical equipment by ABB).

Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI

R.VI serial number R.30/16 was the earliest known supercharged aircraft to fly, with a fifth engine - a Mercedes D.II - installed in the central fuselage, driving a Brown-Boveri four-stage supercharger at some 6,000 rpm.


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