The Vienna Café chair No. 14 is probably the most successful Thonet chair. It is assembled from six pieces of wood held together with screws and nuts, with a caned seat. Its production started in 1859, as a "chair for mass consumption." By 1930, more than 50 million had been produced. German cabinet maker Michael Thonet (1796-1871) developed the procedure for bentwood, allowing a great design freedom for light, yet stable furniture.
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The Chiron free piston engine is an integrated combination of an internal combustion engine and a hydraulic pump. The core of this engine is a combustion piston directly coupled to a hydraulic plunger. The piston is not connected to any mechanism but is free to move within the limitations of the cylinders. In this way the energy of the combustion process is almost directly converted into hydraulic energy. Compared to a conventional combination of a pump and a combustion engine, the number of parts is reduced to approximately 40%. |
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Chiron Free Piston Engine