•  Karl-Heinz Matthes (GDR)  Ueli Luginbhül (SUI) 1964  Jaap Oudkerk (NED)  Jean Walschaerts (BEL)  Daniel Salmon (FRA) 1965  Miguel Mas (ESP)  Etienne Van Der...
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    he reached the semi-final, to be pipped by 0.18 seconds by Belgian Jean Walschaerts for a place in the final. He won the third-place ride-off to take a...
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  • Tereshchenkov Men's motor-paced details Jacob Oudkerk  Netherlands Jean Walschaerts  Belgium Daniel Salmon  France Women's Events Women's sprint details...
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  • inventor of the Vierendeel truss Egide Walschaerts – steam locomotive engineer and inventor of the Walschaerts valve gear André Waterkeyn – engineer,...
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  • Samuel Wallis, British explorer– Wallis and Futuna Egide Walschaerts, Belgian engineer – Walschaerts valve gear Walpurga, English missionary – Walpurgis Night...
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  • superheater. The Consolidations were four-cylinder compound locomotives with Walschaerts valve gear. They were provided with a Belpaire firebox, Adams piston...
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    blocks: These locomotives were two-cylinder simple-expansion engines, with Walschaerts valve gear. They had a Belpaire firebox and the exhaust was later replaced...
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  • overseer of the first Shinkansen line. Egide Walschaerts, Belgium, engineer and inventor of the Walschaerts valve gear (also called the Heusinger valve...
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    allowed the driver to control cut-off; this was largely superseded by Walschaerts valve gear and similar patterns. Early locomotive designs using slide...
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  • represented the best front-end performance yet achieved in Britain. The Walschaerts valve gear was another Belgian influence and was a change from the previous...
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