air engine
an engine that uses the expansion of heated air to drive a piston
a small engine that uses compressed air to drive a piston
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How to use air engine in a sentence
At their worst, these serious delays can include mid-air engine failures and unexpected airport diversions.
The first known air engine was invented by Sir George Cayley, in 1803.
Great Facts | Frederick C. BakewellShowing compressed air engine and twin propeller with their control gear.
The Submarine in War and Peace | Simon LakeSuch an apparatus constitutes a so-called "caloric" or hot-air engine.
Every-day Science: Volume VI. The Conquest of Nature | Henry Smith WilliamsEfforts have been made for fifty years to construct a hot-air engine that would compete with steam successfully.
Every-day Science: Volume VI. The Conquest of Nature | Henry Smith Williams
At one time the steam-engine was threatened with serious rivalry by the hot-air engine.
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