Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · Boston, Small, Maynard and company · leaf 36
nd of an engine was invented by RobertStirling, of England, in 1816 and in 1827 he builthis first practical engine. John Ericsson, ofSweden, made an improved hot-air engine in1833, but it was not until 1852 that he built hisfirst commercial engine, see Fig. 13, and engines The First Engines 21 of… … Fig. 13. Ericssons Hot Air Engine after it is compressed by the piston, is explodedusually by a hot tube, or an electric spark, whichproduces what is called the power stroke. The beginning of the gas engine dates back to1678 when the Abbe dHautefeuille, of France,conceived the idea of using the…
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