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Emil Strub
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Emil Viktor Strub (July 13, 1858 in Trimbach, Switzerland – December 15, 1909 in Zurich, Trimbach, Switzerland) was a Swiss builder, railway builder and inventor who invented the Strub rack system.
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Life and career
Emil Strub was born on July 13, 1858 in Trimbach, Switzerland, to Urs Viktor and Aloisia von Arx.[1] Between 1882 and 1883, he learned mechanic from Niklaus Riggenbach at Aarau. He did engineer studies in Mittweida and he made an internship at a machine factory in Esslingen am Neckar.[1]
In 1921 he founded Strub + Co. a tribology company in Olten.[2] In 1958 his son Rudolf Strub took the lead of the company, who then gave it to his own son, Marcel Strub.[2]
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Publications
- Strub, Emil (1892), "Unsere Drahtseilbahnen", Schweizerische Bauzeitung (in German), 19 (12/13/16): 77–81, 85–88, 110–111, 113,
Lausanne-Ouchy, Lausanne-Gare, Bürgenstock-Bahn, Salvatore-Bahn, Stanserhorn-Bahn, Giessbachbahn, Territet-Glion, Gütsch-Bahn, Marzili-Bahn, Lugano-Bahnhof, Biel-Magglingen, Zürichberg-Bahn, Beatenberg-Bahn, Ecluse-Plan, Lauterbrunnen-Grütsch, Ragaz-Wartenstein
: a comparison of the funiculars
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