The diesel engine was, like many things, born of necessity. The main engine types of the day—hot bulb oil, steam, coal gas, and gasoline—were not so thermally efficient or ideal for doing heavy-duty ...

Sterling, Colo. – Northeastern Junior College’s Applied Technology Campus (NJC) recently hosted a training seminar for Northeast Colorado high school agriculture teachers focused on engine ...

Sounds a bit crazy to make an engine that uses an odd number of strokes, right? We have 2, 4 and even 6-stroker engines so far, with the latter being still a prototype that injects water in the ...

During a recent visit to MSI here in Taiwan, we learnt of an interesting and new technology which they are working on with another Taiwanese company called Polo-Tech. It all falls under their ECO ...

Really, Nicholas Otto should have known. When the 18th Century inventor/engineer/designer/builder/deep-thinker was finally able to take French engineer Alphonse Beau ...

THE writer of this book is an instructor in mechanical engineering in the Michigan Agricultural College. His aim, he tells us, has been to prepare a book for all who are interested in gas engines, ...