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• External combustion engine
  ...>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/external%20combustion external combustion - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary]</ref> The fluid is ...n strictly classed as external combustion engines, but as external thermal engines.
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• François Isaac de Rivaz
  ...//www.h2cars.de/1_cardata/c214.htm 1807 Francois Isaac de Rivaz - internal combustion engine]</ref> Although the engine was first built by Isaac de Rivaz, it was ...the mid-nineteenth century. Gasoline was not used for internal combustion engines until 1870.
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• Single cylinder engine
  ...asic [[reciprocating engine|piston engine]] configuration of an [[internal combustion engine]]. It is often seen on motorcycles but has many uses in portable to ...st powerful engines. They require more flywheel effect than multi-cylinder engines and the rotating mass is relatively large, restricting acceleration and sha
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• Pusher trailer
  ...rs''' are gasoline or diesel fueled trailers with a traditional [[internal combustion engine]] ([[petroleum engine]]s) and transmission which can be [[hitch]]ed ==External links==
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• Nikolaus Otto
  ...fuel directly in a [[piston]] chamber. Although other internal combustion engines had been invented (e.g. by [[Étienne Lenoir]]) these were not based on fou ...locating to Cologne he quit his office job in order to construct small gas engines, starting out by seeking to improve on the existing design of [[Étienne L
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• Exhaust gas
  '''Exhaust gas''' or '''flue gas''' is emitted as a result of the [[combustion]] of fuels such as [[natural gas]], [[gasoline]]/petrol, [[diesel fuel]], f The largest part of most combustion gases is nitrogen (N₂), water vapor (H₂O) (except wit
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• Crankshaft deep rolling
  ...are currently utilizing this technology including: GM, Ford, and Chrysler engines. Hegenscheidt-MFD Corporation, the French SPMS SUPRAMATIC brand, and ICM ( ==External links==
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• Deutz Gasmotoren Fabrik
  ...k over and which specialised in marine engines. This facility now produces engines for marine and power generation which can run on either fuel oils or gas fu ...ant in the Netherlands and Germany. In the United States and Canada, Deutz engines were viewed as esoteric, with parts expensive and often unavailable, until
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• Wet sump
  ...ustion engines]] which uses a built-in reservoir for oil, as opposed to an external or secondary reservoir used in a [[dry sump]] design. Four-stroke engines are lubricated by oil which is pumped into various bearings, and thereafter
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• Dry sump
  ...[two-stroke]] piston [[internal combustion engine]]s that uses a secondary external reservoir for oil, as compared to a conventional [[wet sump]] system. ...than being allowed to collect into an oil sump, it is pumped into another external reservoir by one or more scavenge pumps, run by belts from the front or bac
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• Commer
  ...switching production at the factory to production of Renault truck and bus engines in the early 1990s. ...kins and [[Cummins]] diesel engines, and less commonly [[Mercedes]] diesel engines. <ref>[http://www.allpar.com/ "allpar.com" section on Commer]</ref>
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• George Brayton
  ...with his family in Boston, and who is noted for introducing the continuous combustion process that is the basis for the gas turbine, and which is now referred to | title = IMPROVEMENT IN GAS-ENGINES (Patent no. 125166)
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• Atkinson cycle
  The '''Atkinson-cycle engine''' is a type of [[internal combustion engine]] invented by James Atkinson in 1882. The Atkinson cycle is designed ...d to bypass patents covering the existing [[Four-stroke cycle|Otto cycle]] engines.<ref>{{US patent reference | number =367496 | y = 1887 | m =08 | d = 02 | i
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• Glowplug
  ...w-plug''') is a heating device used to aid starting [[diesel engine|diesel engines]]. ...engine|petrol engines]], do not use [[spark plug|spark plugs]] to induce [[combustion]]. Instead, they rely solely on compression. The piston rises, compressing
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• Flat engine
  A '''flat engine''' is an [[internal combustion engine]] with pistons that are all relatively horizontal. A [[straight engi ...do not share crank pins in this way, and [[flat engine#180° V-engines|180° engines]] which do.
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• Ruston & Hornsby
  ...utomobile|cars]], steam locomotives and a range of [[internal combustion]] engines. ...s sent to the Paris Exhibition in 1867. In 1868 they built five 0-6-0 tank engines for the Great Eastern Railway to the design of [[Samuel W. Johnson]]. Thre
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• Crossley
  ..., United Kingdom, was a pioneering company in the production of [[internal combustion engine]]s. Since 1988 it has been part of the Rolls-Royce Power Engineering More than 100,000 Crossley oil and gas engines have been built.
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• Crankcase
  In an [[internal combustion engine]], the '''crankcase''' is the housing for the [[crankshaft]]. The e == Two-stroke engines ==
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• Bivalent (engine)
  ...are widely offered in the European passenger vehicle aftermarket. Bivalent engines can also use [[hydrogen vehicle|hydrogen]] as demonstrated by the recently ...n Energy Strategy</ref> The engine itself is similar to a regular gasoline combustion engine with an exception to the [[fuel injection]] system. As seen in BMW's
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• W engine
  ...pecific type of [[reciprocating engine|reciprocating / piston]] [[internal combustion engine]] [[engine configuration|configuration]]. The [[cylinder bank]]s re ...W12 engine]]. [[Lorraine-Dietrich|Lorraine]] built the 12Ed and 18Ka aero-engines of 450 horsepower (336 kW; 456 PS) and 650 horsepower (485 kW; 659 PS) in
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