Williams, Henry Smith, 1863-, Williams, Edward Huntington, 1868-1944, joint author · New York and London, The Goodhue company · leaf 186
a gas engine as earlyas 1857, but the first machine to demonstrate its feasibil-ity was that of Langen and Otto. Their engine greatlydecreased the gas consumption and hence came to beregarded as the first commercially successful gas engine.It was, however, noisy and limited to small sizes. Thecycle… … GAS AND OIL ENGINES. Lower right-hand figure, a very early type of commercially successful gas engine. Ithas a free piston, an arrangement that was first proposed for a gas engine in 1857, but onlybrought into practical form by Langen & Otto under their patent of 1866. Upper figure, thegas…
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