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Heartland Science: Nation's First Gasoline Powered Automobile
Who invented the first gasoline-powered automobile? Read this brief explanation of the early gasoline engine and its developer.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Duryea Automobile
From the Smithsonian collection of early automobiles. Read about the Duryea automobile and how it worked. Included are pictures of this early car and a brief description of its creators, the Duryea brothers.
University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Big Diesel Engines
Traces the historical evolution of the diesel engine. Explains the distinction between gasoline engines and diesel engines. Discusses the uses of diesel engines. Interesting, anecdotal and well-written. (Text is the actual radio...
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Econogics Co.: Are Electric Cars Coming Back?
This site from the Econogics Co. provides an 1960 article from Saturday Evening Post, which touted electric cars even then. This is a long and interesting article (unfortunately no photos), which contrasts sharply with today's "future...
Colorado State University
Csu: Four Stroke Fuel Air Otto Cycle Gasoline (C7 H17)
A Java applet which allows the visitor to investigate the physical parameters associated with the individual strokes of a 4-stroke gasoline engine. Visitors enter parameters such as exhaust temperature, fuel ratio, and ambient pressure...