The Mekarski system was a compressed-air propulsion system for trams invented by Louis Mékarski or Louis Mékarsky (the correct spelling is uncertain)...
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the pneumatic motor in transportation was the Mekarski system air engine used in locomotives. Mekarski's innovative engine overcame cooling that accompanies...
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inventor of Polish origin. In the 1870s he invented the so-called Mekarski system of compressed-air powered trams which was used in several cities of...
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Tram (redirect from Tram system)
(Switzerland) operated trams that were powered by compressed air using the Mekarski system. Trials on street tramways in Britain, including by the North Metropolitan...
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years, mainly in mines, but have also been used on tramways. (See Mekarski system) Several hybrid locomotives have been built that have either used a...
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compressed-air-powered trams were trialled, starting in 1876. In Nantes and Paris Mekarski system trams ran in regular service for over 30 years. See also Nantes...
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History of trams (section Hybrid systems)
Paris operated trams that were powered by compressed air using the Mekarski system. Galveston Island Trolley in Texas operated diesel trams due to the...
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Motay in Chaillot on 9 July 1840, improved by Louis Mékarski in 1843 in Nantes (see Mekarski system and Compressed air car). In air travel : First glider...
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steam traction in the late 1870s. Locomotives Wantage Tramway Co. Two Mekarski system compressed air trams were tried out in 1880 but were not a success...
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various forms, including: Fireless steam Compressed air, (see also Mekarski system) Electric storage batteries History of the Steam Tram by H. A. Whitcombe...
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earlier Mekarski system. Between 1928 and 1929, FS steam locomotive number 910.042 was modified at the Royal Arsenal of La Spezia to test the system, which...
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Duclaux, microbiologist and chemist. Louis Mékarski, engineer and inventor who patented the Mekarski system of compressed-air powered trams. Louis Arthur...
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Nantes tramway (category Town tramway systems by city)
using standard gauge tramcars propelled by compressed air, using the Mekarski system. The cars stored the compressed air in steel cylinders, and were periodically...
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1909, brake failures caused two collisions between the tramcars and Mekarski system cars at the Rue des Pyrénées crossroads. In La Livrée du crime, Pierre...
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about 150 psi. The use of steam to heat the air is reminiscent of the Mekarski system. This diesel-pneumatic proposal never became a reality but a German...
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Trams in France (section Current tramway systems)
mechanical traction systems came into use. These included: Compressed-air systems, first introduced in Nantes in 1879 with Mékarski compressed-air cars...
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system was to augment the compressed air, had been patented in 1903 by Captain Paul Lucas-Girardville (a French military aviator) and Louis Mékarski....
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ISSN 0021-9991. Somayaji, Mahadevabharath R.; Xenos, Michalis; Zhang, Libin; Mekarski, Megan; Linninger, Andreas A. (2008-01-01). "Systematic design of drug...
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Trams in Bern (category Town tramway systems by city)
colloquially as Lufttrams (air trams), according to the system developed by the Parisian engineer Louis Mékarski. The first line, designated as line I, ran from...
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Sannine Formation (category Cretaceous System of Asia)
doi:10.1007/s00015-011-0081-1. ISSN 1661-8726. S2CID 128405107. Campbell Mekarski, Michelle; Pierce, Stephanie E.; Caldwell, Michael W. (2019-09-24). "Spatiotemporal...
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Mohr & Caldwell described the new species Globidens simplex. Campbell Mekarski, Japundžić, Krizmanić & Caldwell describe a new genus from a specimen recovered...
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Virginia Government. March 16, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2020. (2) Mekarski, David A. (March 20, 2020). "Information Pertaining to Declaration of Local...
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distribution and evolutionary history of dolichosaurs is published by Campbell Mekarski, Pierce & Caldwell (2019). A study on the evolution, homology and reduction...
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