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Gas engine   /gæs ˈɛndʒən/   Listen
Gas engine

noun
1.
An internal-combustion engine similar to a gasoline engine but using natural gas instead of gasoline vapor.





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"Gas engine" Quotes from Famous Books



... was tedious, and nearly two hours elapsed before they finished. Each part had to be washed in soap and water, then carefully dried. Finally, the compressor was ready. They carried it to the boat, started the gas engine, and connected the tanks. But before the air started to flow, Rick carefully inspected the filter system to be sure that hadn't been tampered ...
— The Wailing Octopus • Harold Leland Goodwin
... Senator will nevertheless unblushingly appeal to policies of a century back, suitable, mayhap, in their day, but now become a warning rather than a guide. The garage man, on the contrary, takes his mechanism as he finds it, and does not allow any mystic respect for the earlier forms of the gas engine to interfere with the ...
— The Mind in the Making - The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform • James Harvey Robinson
... Gas Engine in the market is the new "Otto" Silent, built by Schleicher. Schumm & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Send ...
— Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 • Various
... about twelve months ago, with eight lamps only on one side of the court. The system was that of Brush. The dynamo machine was driven by an eight horse-power Otto gas engine, supplied by Messrs. Crossley. The comparison with the gas was so much in favor of electricity, and the success of the experiment so encouraging, that it was determined to light up ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 288 - July 9, 1881 • Various
... Mr. Nixon's plan to instal a gas engine in one of the compartments. With this engine the wireless instrument would remain in commission and direct the rescuers after the ship itself ...
— Sinking of the Titanic - and Great Sea Disasters • Various


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