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- The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the burning of a fuel occurs in a confined space called a combustion chamber. This exothermic ...40 KB (6,056 words) - 08:42, 30 November 2024
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- An engine is a machine that can convert some form of energy (obtained from a fuel) into useful mechanical power or motion. If the engine produces ...16 KB (2,420 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- A gas compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure of a gas by reducing its volume. Compression of a gas naturally increases ...13 KB (1,967 words) - 07:49, 23 January 2023
- Smoke is the airborne solid and liquid particulates and gases evolved when a material undergoes pyrolysis or combustion, together with the quantity ...7 KB (1,034 words) - 21:19, 30 January 2023
- The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the burning of a fuel occurs in a confined space called a combustion chamber. This exothermic ...40 KB (6,056 words) - 08:42, 30 November 2024
- Gear ratio is the ratio between the number of teeth on two gears that are meshed together, or two sprockets connected with a common roller chain ...10 KB (1,615 words) - 06:30, 18 April 2024
- In physics, torque (or often called a moment) can informally be thought of as "rotational force" or "angular force" which ...14 KB (2,244 words) - 15:22, 28 June 2023
- The scientific definition of a machine is any device that transmits or modifies energy. In common usage, the meaning is restricted to devices ...16 KB (2,144 words) - 06:55, 27 March 2025
- |- | align="center" colspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[Image:Nitrous-oxide-3D-vdW.png|150px|Nitrous oxide - space ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 01:52, 1 July 2025
- Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler (March 17, 1834 - March 6, 1900) was an engineer, industrial designer, and industrialist, born in Schorndorf (Kingdom ...18 KB (2,661 words) - 04:50, 24 May 2024
- A turbine is a rotary engine that extracts energy from a fluid flow. The simplest turbines have one moving part, a rotor assembly, which is a ...17 KB (2,749 words) - 00:22, 3 May 2023
- An automobile (or motor car) is a wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles ...30 KB (4,553 words) - 07:06, 23 August 2023
- A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. Encyclopedia Britannica, [http://www.britannica ...41 KB (6,343 words) - 19:56, 9 February 2023
- A carburetor (North American spelling), or carburettor (Commonwealth spelling), is a device that blends air and fuel (usually gasoline) for an ...26 KB (4,190 words) - 19:11, 26 November 2023
- An electrical generator is a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy, generally using electromagnetic induction. The source ...16 KB (2,450 words) - 15:52, 13 February 2024
- A chain is a series of connected links, usually made of metal. Chains are made for various purposes and therefore come in different shapes and ...6 KB (898 words) - 01:13, 4 December 2023
- A fixed-wing aircraft, commonly called an airplane or aeroplane, (from the Greek: aéros- "air" and -planos "wandering") ...20 KB (3,021 words) - 07:09, 16 June 2023
- Redox (shorthand for reduction/oxidation reaction) describes all chemical reactions in which atoms have their oxidation number (oxidation state ...12 KB (1,809 words) - 02:49, 8 December 2022
- In thermodynamics and molecular chemistry, the enthalpy or heat content (denoted as H, h, or rarely as χ) is a quotient or description of thermodynamic ...18 KB (2,941 words) - 18:57, 13 February 2024
- Daimler AG ( DE0007100000 ) (formerly Daimler-Benz AG, DaimlerChrysler AG) is a German car corporation (not to be confused with the British Daimler ...22 KB (3,044 words) - 00:05, 24 June 2022
- A rotary tiller, also known as a rototiller, rotavator, rotary hoe, power tiller, or rotary plow (rotary plough in British English), is a motorized ...10 KB (1,524 words) - 22:27, 16 December 2022
