Slovak-born engineer Aurel Stodola, a pioneer of turbine thermodynamics at ETH Zurich, led the world's first test using a gas turbine to generate electricity in 1939, a milestone in mechanical engineering.
Record no. MRB-2026-007115
First Worldwide Gas Turbine Electricity Test
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