gas engine

noun

gas engine

a type of internal-combustion engine using a flammable gas, such as coal gas or natural gas, as fuel

First recorded in 1870–75

The tradeoff is the drawbacks associated with gas engines—maintenance, fuel mixing, noise pollution, and air pollution.

A large-capacity muffler tamps down the decibel levels associated with most gas engines.

A pressure washer is essentially a power hose connected to a water pump powered by an electric motor or gas engine.

Batteries back then, which were mostly lead-acid, couldn’t deliver anywhere near the distances or speeds of gas engines.

The chuck-chuck-chuck of the gas engine told that Welborn was already on the job at the mine.

It is also said that the Selden Gas Engine royalties exceed ten million dollars in amount.

Dugald Clerk, in England, a high authority in practical work with the gas-engine, found that 10 per cent.

The principal elements of a gas engine are not difficult to understand and their functions are easily defined.

The only oil which is used to any extent in gas-engine lubrication that is not of mineral derivation is castor oil.

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