Synonyms for rotary engine

Grammar : Noun

Définition of rotary engine

noun internal-combustion engine

Example sentences :

Many authorities, in fact, declare that the rotary engine is the aeroplane motor of the future.
Extract from : « The Boy's Book of New Inventions » by Harry E. Maule

A brief description of the motor here will suffice to show the general principle of the rotary engine.
Extract from : « The Boy's Book of New Inventions » by Harry E. Maule

The gyroscopic action of a rotary engine will affect the longitudinal stability when an aeroplane is turned to right or left.
Extract from : « The Aeroplane Speaks » by H. Barber

It is a small monoplane, with a French rotary engine in front; it is about half as large as a Taube.
Extract from : « An Aviator's Field Book » by Oswald Blcke

It has recently become common to construct the steam fire-engine with rotary engine and pump (Fig. 122).
Extract from : « A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine » by Robert H. Thurston

These advantages adapt the rotary engine, in an especial manner, to the driving of a locomotive or steam fire-engine.
Extract from : « A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine » by Robert H. Thurston

The pump used with this engine is, as shown in the above illustration, somewhat similar to the rotary engine driving it.
Extract from : « A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine » by Robert H. Thurston

Watt invented a rotary engine, and Yule many years afterward constructed such engines at Glasgow.
Extract from : « A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine » by Robert H. Thurston

When the rotary engine was finished, the partners sought to obtain a charter, when lo!
Extract from : « Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous » by Sarah K. Bolton

The latter patent, curiously enough, comprised a very primitive form of rotary engine.
Extract from : « Gas and Oil Engines, Simply Explained » by Walter C. Runciman

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