1. Internal Combustion Engine — 2023-10-09 23:51:33

   …engine made two great advances. His two stroke engine was so constructed that the mixture of gas and air was compressed motor cylinder before ignition by an 'ignition cock' to explode the mixture. ~i)1878: Dugald Clerk designed the first two-str…
   …thouses, and for powering Marconi's first transatlantic radio broadcast. == Diesel engine == {{Image url="First_Diesel_motor.jpg" class="left" title="First Rudolph Diesel motor" width="200" }} Rudolph Diesel engine was developed from around 189…

2. Electric Motor — 2023-09-23 15:52:02

   …e pounds with a seven-ounce piece of iron wrapped with wire through which a current from a single battery was sent. == Motor == {{image url="Modern_Electric_Motor.jpg" class="right" width="250" }} After [[Electric_Generator| Faraday]] had demon…
   …strated his homopolar motor in 1821, physicists were excited to make the electric motor a useful, stronger device. Over the next few years several inventors made magnetic rotating devices including Rev. Will…
   …ful magnets is that the motion is stopped when the poles repell. == And the Commutator == {{Image url="WilliamSturgeonMotor.jpg" class="left" title="The principle of the Sturgeon Motor" width="350" }} The simplicity of the **commutator** was …
   …the lecturing staff of the Adelaide Gallery of Practical Science in London, where he first demonstrated the DC electric motor incorporating a commutator. == Improved Battery == The Volta cell had certain inherent weaknesses - any impurity in t…

3. Electric Generator — 2023-09-23 12:04:37

   …accumulated on the capacitor. It's hard to imagine how we would cope today without Faraday's discoveries. Thousands of motors all around us make everyday chores so much easier. ||{{image url="Modern_Electric_Motor.jpg" class="right" width="150…

4. Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21

   …en earlier the very first electric car was made by Scotsman** Robert Anderson ** around 1835 but at this time electric motors were in their infancy and the power would have been poor. == Bersey Electric Taxi == {{Image url="BerseyHummingbirdT…

5. Rotating Boat Lift — 2022-05-03 17:19:08

   …et long canal boats. The boatlift is so finely balanced it takes just 22.5 kilowatts (30.2 hp) to power ten hydraulic motors, which consume just 1.5 kilowatt-hours per half-turn, roughly the same as boiling 8 kettles.…

6. Workmate — 2021-08-20 11:10:56

   … Slowly the demand increased. ::c:: == Lotus Car == Ron moved to [[London]] and in 1954 started working for the Ford Motor Company at Dagenham as a clay modeller and later he helped to style the **105E Ford Anglia**. Ron was not your average…

7. Roundabout — 2021-08-16 09:58:53

   … Circles == With a 'traffic circle' the vehicles approaching have priority. Traffic circles were not very popular with motorists and authorities have turned to traffic lights because of the high accident rate associated with them. - In 19…

8. Lawn Mower — 2021-08-10 08:19:36

   …ry gentlemen may find in using my machine themselves an amusing, useful and healthy exercise."// >>{{image url="Sumner_motorised_lawn_mower.jpg" width="300" }}>>One of the first of Budding and Ferrabee machines was used in **Regent's Park Zoolo…

9. Vacuum cleaner — 2020-10-11 23:24:10

   …was parked outside and the hoses were fed through the windows. It was originally powered by an oil engine, the electric motor was added later. The first cleaner worked out rather expensive at around £350. The bright red horse-drawn machine mea…
   …g a potential customer, the salesmen demonstrated their wares by throwing street dirt onto people's carpets. The petrol motor started, and long hoses were strung in through the windows attached to a hollow container where the dirt was collected.…

10. Jet Engine — 2020-08-15 08:35:25

    …s efforts resulted in engines that would transform world transport shrinking the globe like never before. {{Image url="Motorized-jet-engine.jpg" class="left" width="200" title="Whittle Jet engine" }} Whittle was born in Earlsdon, Coventry [[Wa…
    …rimental airframe was ready. So manufacturing started at GAC Brockworth near Gloucester, but was later moved to Regent Motors in Regent Street Cheltenham because fear of possible bombing. {{Image url="Gloster_E28-39.jpg" class="left" title="Glo…

11. Disc Brakes — 2020-08-09 19:54:18

    …eorge and Frank incorporated The Lanchester Engine Company Limited in December 1899. This later becomes the Lanchester Motor Company. {{Image url="DiscBrake.jpg" class="left" title="Disc Brake" width="" }} == Patents Galore == As production…

12. Motor Racing Circuit — 2018-05-20 20:38:53

    … sections nearly 30 ft. high. It was 100 ft. wide hard-surfaced with two long straights. It became the home of British motor racing until 1939. {{Image url="Brooklands.jpg" class="left" title="Brooklands" width="" }} An aerodrome was constructe…

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