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The purpose of a gasoline car engine is to convert gasoline into motion so that your car can move. Currently the easiest way to create motion from gasoline is to burn the gasoline inside an engine. Therefore, a car engine is an internal combustion engine -- combustion takes place internally.
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www.howstuffworks.com/engine.htm
www.howstuffworks.com/engine.htm
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Internal combustion converts gasoline into motion. Learn about the process of internal combustion and how it takes place inside your car engine. ... The principle behind any reciprocating internal combustion engine: If you put a tiny amount of high-energy fuel (like gasoline) in a small, enclosed space and ignite it,
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www.howstuffworks.com/engine1.htm
www.howstuffworks.com/engine1.htm
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The history of the internal combustion engine and early gas powered cars and inventors - Nicolas Joseph Cuglnot - Nicolaus Otto - Karl Benz - Gottlieb Daimler ... History of the Internal Combustion Engine - The Heart of the Automobile; An internal combustion engine is any engine that uses the explosive combustion of fuel...
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inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarsgasa.htm
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Understanding the internal combustion engine and how an internal combustion engine works. ... - History of the Internal Combustion Engine in Cars; - How Engines Work; Internal-Combustion Engine; - Internal-Combustion Engine...
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inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blinternalcombust...
inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blinternalcombustion.htm
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Internal combustion engine. Internal combustion engines. Java applets are used to perform simple engines calculations. Developed at Colorado State University> ... Companion Internal Combustion Engines Textbook...
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www.engr.colostate.edu/~allan/engines.html
www.engr.colostate.edu/~allan/engines.html
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Explains the strokes of internal combustion engines using animations from the Glenn Research Center. ... 4-Stroke Internal Combustion Engine ... This type of internal combustion engine is called a four-stroke engine because there are four movements, or strokes, of the piston before the entire engine firing sequence is repeated.
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www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/engopt.html
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Animated illustrations show the innerworkings of a variety of Steam, Stirling, and Internal Combustion engines. ... I hope you enjoy visiting my engine pages as much as I have enjoyed creating them. Use the navigation links on the left to start exploring.
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www.keveney.com/Engines.html
www.keveney.com/Engines.html
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THE internal combustion engine-in particular the fuel that powers it-has been a powerful motivator for government decision-making and foreign policy in this century. Countries have been invaded and wars fought over petroleum.
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www.llnl.gov/str/Westbrook.html
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