Arturo Caprotti

Arturo Caprotti (22 March 1881 – 9 February 1938) was an Italian engineer and architect. In 1915 or 1916 he invented the Caprotti valve gear rotary cam poppet valve gear for steam engines of all kinds, but in practice it was employed almost exclusively in railway locomotives.

External links

Continental engineers at www.steamindex.com

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 90204604 ISNI: 0000 0004 1965 8195 GND: 143945920 ICCU: IT\ICCU\CUBV\034451

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