Военное обозрение By Top War
If you are not yet tired of the boiling of various pungent-smelling liquids with difficult-to-pronounce names, then we should consider another oil refining technology – cracking.
Shukhov’s Diverse Talent
The father of cracking is Vladimir Grigorievich Shukhov, engineer, architect, inventor. Yes, the same engineer who built the Shukhov Tower on Shabolovka in Moscow in 1919-1922. He was a very versatile person, which is now condemned and often persecuted, but he made a great contribution to the oil business.
V.G. Shukhov and his famous radio tower
He studied at the Imperial Moscow Technical School (Bauman Moscow State Technical University), in particular, he was taught theoretical mechanics by N.E. Zhukovsky himself. After graduating from the school, he worked in the management of the Petersburg-Warsaw Railway, designing locomotive depots. Between school and work, Shukhov visited the 1876 World’s Fair in Philadelphia, USA, where he met engineer Alexander Bari, who was engaged in the construction of metal structures at the exhibition…
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