The turbocharger on a car applies a very similar principle to a piston engine. It uses the exhaust gas to drive a turbine. This spins an air compressor that pushes extra air (and oxygen) into the cylinders, allowing them to burn more fuel each second. A turbocharger is effectively two…

Gottlieb Daimler patented forced induction by using a gear-driven pump to force air into an internal combustion engine in 1885. Swiss engineer Alfred Büchi (1879 - 1959) invented the turbocharger and received a patern in 1905. Artwork: One of Alfred Büchi's turbocharger designs from the late  1920s (the patent was…