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gas engineInternal-combustion engine in which a gas (coal gas, producer gas, natural gas, or gas from a blast furnace) is used as the fuel. The first practical gas engine was built in 1860 by Jean Etienne Lenoir, and the type was subsequently developed by Nikolaus August Otto, who introduced the four-stroke cycle. |
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The hybrid electric-drive vehicle, introduced last month at the North American International Auto show in Detroit, is designed to run 40 miles on pure electric power with a battery that can be recharged via a small gas engine (though the battery has yet to be developed). 2cc gas engine and three-part crankshaft, a robust gearbox and lightweight aluminum deck. Rusty Relics, a chapter of the Early Days Gas Engine and Tractor Association, has been showing its members' machinery every year for decades at the Antelope Valley Fair. |
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