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    Engine turning is a form of ornamental turning. The finishing technique may use lathes or engines to produce a pattern. Aluminium is often the metal chosen...
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  • A straight line engine turning machine is a machine used for engraving decorative patterns on a surface. The engraving may be referred to as Guilloché...
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    It is specified as mm per revolution (mm/rev). Diamond turning Engine turning Hard turning Surface feet per minute Woodturning Todd, Robert H.; Allen...
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    decoration produced by a rose engine lathe is called guilloche. It sometimes confused with "jewel finishes" or engine turning, a much cheaper process of...
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    via engine turning, which uses a machine of the same name. Engine turning machines may include the rose engine lathe and also the straight-line engine. This...
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  • stopping of a process, and, in the case of an engine, refers to a sudden stopping of the engine turning, usually brought about accidentally. It is commonly...
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  • engaged with the engine, turning it over. This was in contrast with other type of cartridge starter which acted directly to drive the engine piston down and...
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    Veyron 16.4. Many aircraft of the Golden Age of Aviation had perlée engine-turning finishing used on their sheetmetal components, with one of the best-known...
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    were in a lower gear, with the engine turning at higher RPM. The power produced by an engine increases with the engine's RPM to a maximum, then falls away...
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    Fokker Eindecker fighters (category Rotary-engined aircraft)
    sheet metal panelling on the Eindeckers was a special form of "dragged" engine turning performed on all their surfaces, both exposed and internal parts. This...
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    involves a sharp, strong "yank" on the prop to start the engine, turning over is simply done by turning the prop through a certain set amount. Accidents have...
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    March 1888. Abdül Hamid was powered by a coal-fired 250 hp Lamm steam engine turning a single screw. It carried two 356mm torpedo tubes and two 35mm machine...
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    Propulsion (redirect from Propelling engine)
    ships are propelled by mechanical systems consisting of a motor or engine turning a propeller, or less frequently, in jet drives, an impeller. Marine...
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    commercially feasible engine designed by German engineer Hanns-Dieter Paschke. The Wankel engine's rotor, which creates the turning motion, is similar in...
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    steamboat to be powered by a lightweight and efficient high-pressure engine turning a stern paddlewheel. Vesuvius was the third Mississippi steamboat. Launched...
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    the engine. Underneath the dash on the right side is the choke rod. The choke can adjust the flow of fuel from the carburetor into the engine. Turning the...
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  • Petcock (category Engine fuel system technology)
    vacuum operation and allows fuel to flow to the carburetor without the engine turning over). The most common application of a petcock in an automobile is...
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    cylinders of a four-stroke engine fires once for every two revolutions of the crankshaft. Thus an eight-cylinder engine turning 300 times per second will...
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    An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy. Available energy sources include potential energy...
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    cross-sections of ivory. They are commonly referred to as cross-hatchings, engine turnings, or stacked chevrons. Schreger lines can be divided into two categories...
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    special-purpose lathe, the Rose engine lathe, is also used for ornamental turning, in particular for engine turning, typically in precious metals, for...
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    rectangular boilers powering two 2-cylinder trunk direct acting steam engines turning two shafts producing 6,650 indicated horsepower (IHP) under a natural...
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    pipes to the engines where it is directed into the starting system. This bleed air is directed into a mechanism to start the engine turning and begin pulling...
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    located along the engine. As soon as the air start valve is opened, the compressed air is admitted and the engine will begin turning. It can be used on...
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    will be stated as the primary figure of reference. For the turning force generated by the engine, the Newton metre (Nm) will be the reference figure of torque...
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    known as ivory and has a cross-section of intersecting lines, known as "engine turning", which create diamond-shaped patterns. Being living tissue, tusks are...
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    Counter-rotating propellers (category Aircraft engines)
    the engines themselves must be adapted to turn in opposite directions. (Meaning that there are essentially two engine designs, one with left-turning and...
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    An internal combustion engine (ICE or IC engine) is a heat engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion...
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    techniques were sometimes used, including repoussé and chasing, guilloché, engine turning, cloisonné, cold-painting, enamelling and niello. Many vestas had cartouches...
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    Aviat Husky (category Single-engined tractor aircraft)
    Husky's weight) 180 hp (134 kW) Textron Lycoming O-360 flat-four piston engine turning a constant speed propeller. In 2015 a reversible MT Propeller was approved...
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