On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:20:39 -0800, "Skip"
wrote:

Could you return the favor and give me a link to a reference to the ground
version. It'd be nice to add to my archive of automotive archania...
;-)

The easiest is Wikipedia...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbocharger#History
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Bill Funk
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