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==Steam engine== ...space between the [[Firebox (steam engine)|firebox]] and [[boiler]] in a [[steam locomotive]]. This space is used to allow further combustion of the fuel, p

...nd in brake vehicles through the train, and later by steam power brakes on locomotives. This was clearly unsatisfactory, but the technology of the time did not ea ...mpressed air, was preferred because steam locomotives can be fitted with [[Steam ejector|ejectors]], which are simple venturi devices that create vacuum wit

...e [[internal combustion engine]] used extensively in motor vehicles, the [[steam engine]] which was the mainstay of the [[industrial revolution]] and the ni ..., into which a gas is introduced, either already hot and under pressure ([[steam engine]]), or heated inside the cylinder either by [[ignition system|igniti

==Steam engines== In a [[steam locomotive]], the [[crank pin]]s are often mounted directly on one or more

...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 ...away train (effect)|runaway]] train. Straight air brakes are still used on locomotives, although as a dual circuit system, usually with each [[bogie|bogie (truck)

...en the combustion process heats a separate working fluid, such as water or steam, which then in turn does work. ...ting-rods and fly wheel in which the gas essentially took the place of the steam. In 1870 in Vienna [[Siegfried Marcus]] put the first mobile gasoline engi

...f the ''[[Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers]]'' in [[France]] for use on a steam car. Sources: Britannica Online and [http://www.gmcanada.com/inm/gmcanada/e ...berts]] of England patents 'gear of compensation', a differential for road locomotives.

This contrasts with [[external combustion engine]]s, such as [[steam engine]]s and [[Stirling engine]]s, which use the combustion process to hea ...od]]s, and [[flywheel]] in which the gas essentially took the place of the steam. This was the first internal combustion engine to be produced in numbers. H

===Steam era=== [[Image:FardierdeCugnot20050111.jpg|thumb|Cugnot's steam wagon, the second (1771) version]]

...e of hybrid technology was actually in [[Diesel locomotive|diesel-electric locomotives]]. It is also used in diesel-electric [[submarine]]s, which operate in esse ...98,00.html],[http://www8.cpr.ca/cms/English/Media/News/General/2005/Hybrid+locomotives.htm],[http://www.uprr.com/newsinfo/railroad/2005/0406_hybrid.shtml].

...en the combustion process heats a separate working fluid, such as water or steam, which then in turn does work. ...a gas-fired internal combustion engine not dissimilar in appearance to a [[steam]] [[beam engine]]. In 1870 in Vienna [[Siegfried Marcus]] put the first mob

In Britain there had been several attempts to build steam cars with varying degrees of success with [[Rickett (car)|Thomas Rickett]] ...automobile in the US but was also the first [[amphibious vehicle]], as his steam-powered vehicle was able to travel on [[wheel]]s on land as he demonstrated