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11Air conditioner — For general aspects of air conditioning, see Air conditioning. A typical home air conditioning unit. An air conditioner (often referred to as AC) is a home appliance, system, or mechanism designed to dehumidify and extract heat from an area. The… …
12Railway air brake — Piping diagram from 1920 of a Westinghouse E T Air Brake system on a locomotive …
13Bleed air — in gas turbine engines is compressed air taken from within the engine, after the compressor stage(s) and before the fuel is injected in the burners. While in theory bleed air could be drawn in any gas turbine engine, its usage is generally… …
14Variable speed air compressor — A Variable Speed Drive (VSD) Air Compressor [ [http://www.quincycompressor.com/qgv.html Variable Speed Drive Compressor] ] is an air compressor that takes advantage of Variable Speed Drive technology. This type of compressor uses a special drive… …
15McKeen Motor Car Company — McKeen car Roslyn of the Northern Pacific Railroad. The McKeen Motor Car Company of Omaha, Nebraska was a builder of internal combustion engined railroad motor cars (railcars), constructing 152 between 1905–1917.[1] Founded by William McKeen, the …
16Musgrave non-dead-centre engine — Park Street Mill engine in the Bolton Steam Museum …
17Adams (automobile) — The Adams was an English automobile manufactured in Bedford between 1905 and 1914.American born Edward R. Hewitt had helped Sir Hiram Maxim to build a large steam plane in 1894. He later designed a gas buggy along the lines of an Oldsmobile; this …
18Diesel engine — Diesel engines in a museum Diesel generator on an oil tanker …
19Internal combustion engine — The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel (normally a fossil fuel) occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber. In an internal combustion engine, the expansion of the high temperature and high …
20diesel engine — a compression ignition engine in which a spray of fuel, introduced into air compressed to a temperature of approximately 1000° F (538° C), ignites at a virtually constant pressure. Also called diesel. [1890 95] * * * Internal combustion engine in …
