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• Transmission
  ...and other gearing in [[windmill]]s, [[horse]]-powered devices, and [[steam engine]]s, mainly in support of [[pump]]ing, [[mill]]ing, and [[hoist]]ing applica ...tios (simply called "gears") are used to slow down the output speed of the engine and increase torque. However, the highest gear(s) may be an "[[overdrive (
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• Combustion
  This is used in a form of machinery, such as [[internal combustion engine]]s, and in [[thermobaric weapon]]s. In industrial [[furnace|fired heaters]], [[power plant]] steam generators, and large [[gas turbine|gas-fired turbines]], the more common w
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• Internal combustion engine
  ...acting on pistons, rotors, or even by pressing on and moving the entire [[engine]] itself. ...[[external combustion engine]]s, such as [[steam engine]]s and [[Stirling engine]]s, which use the combustion process to heat a separate working fluid, whic
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• Air brake (rail)
  ...eam]] flow to the [[Cylinder (steam locomotive)|cylinder]]s, causing the [[steam locomotive|locomotive]] to act as a brake. However, as trains got longer, h ...little simpler than the air brake, with an ejector with no moving parts on steam engines or a mechanical or electrical "exhauster" on a diesel or electric l
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• Electric car
  ...motors can provide torque whilst not moving, unlike [[internal combustion engine]]s, and do not need gears to match power curves. This removes the need for ...y a [[generator]] powered by an internal combustion engine or other [[heat engine]]. This approach is known as [[diesel-electric]] or gas-[[hybrid vehicle|h
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• Jonghi
  ...hey also produced a cheaper version, the ''TJ4'', with a 350 cc side valve engine. But despite the efforts and successes in sport racing, sales would not be ...the production of a motor bike with a 100 cc [[two-stroke motor|2 stroke]] engine was to help the bottom line. The welcome was warm and to dispel any doubts
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• Torque
  ...specification of an [[engine]]: the [[power (physics)|power]] output of an engine is expressed as its torque multiplied by its rotational speed. [[internal c ...the drive train to the wheels. Typically power is a function of torque and engine speed. The gearing of the drive train must be chosen appropriately to make
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• Hybrid vehicles
  ...The HV provide better fuel economy than a conventional vehicle because the engine is smaller and may be run at speeds providing more efficiency. ..., [[#Full hybrid|"full" hybrids]] such as the Prius can use the combustion engine to generate electricity by spinning a [[generator]] (often a second electri
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• Electric vehicle
  *generated on-board using a combustion engine, as in a [[diesel-electric]] locomotive ...n provide high torque while an EV is stopped, unlike [[internal combustion engine]]s, and do not need gears to match power curves. This removes the need for
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• Wheel
  ...More modern descendants of the wheel include the [[propeller]], the [[jet engine]], the [[flywheel]] ([[gyroscope]]) and the [[turbine]]. ...wheel.jpg|<font face="Trebuchet MS" font color=black>A driving wheel on a steam locomotive.
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• Castagna
  |Engine || Alfa-Romeo, 6 cylinders, 3,0-litre, 320hp @ 7000rpm == From horses to the engine ==
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• Motorcycle
  A '''motorcycle''' is a two-wheeled [[vehicle]] powered by an [[engine]]. The [[wheel]]s are in-line, and at higher speed the motorcycle remains u ...ot set out to create a vehicle form but to build a simple carriage for the engine which was the focus of their endeavours.
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• Cagiva Mito
  The [[engine]] in both cases is single [[Two-stroke Engine|2T]], with [[thermal]] [[cooling liquid|liquid-cooled]] and [[mixer]] to lu ...e the 125 is sold in only one version depotenziata 11 [[kW]] (15 [[Cavallo steam|CV]]), which can be driven by persons under eighteen , while the motorcycle
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• Car safety
  ...he invention of the automobile, when [[Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot]] crashed his steam-powered "Fardier" against a wall in [[1771]]. One of the earliest recorded ...ossible loss of control. The car's control unit can reduce power from the engine and even apply the brakes to prevent the car from [[understeer]]ing or [[ov
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• Passive safety
  ...he invention of the automobile, when [[Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot]] crashed his steam-powered "Fardier" against a wall in [[1771]]. One of the earliest recorded ...ossible loss of control. The car's control unit can reduce power from the engine and even apply the brakes to prevent the car from [[understeer]]ing or [[ov
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• List of James Bond vehicles
  ...ey Motors Limited|Bentley]] [[convertible]]. The car featured a 4.5&nbsp;L engine with the [[Amherst Villiers]] [[supercharger]]. In the novels, no gadgets w ...'' and is Bond's final Bentley. Bond upgrades the engine from a 4.5&nbsp;L engine to a 4.9&nbsp;L. The Mark II was also grey; however, the interior was black
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• Automobile safety
  ...ent has occurred. Fiat in the 1990s [[Fiat Punto]] introduced an automatic engine compartment fire extinguisher system. ...most from the beginning of mechanised road vehicle development. The second steam-powered "Fardier" (artillery tractor), created by [[Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot]]
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