THE earliest conception of an auxiliary motive power in navigation is contemporaneous with the first use of the wind; the name of the inventor, “unrecorded in the patent-office,” is lost in the lapse ...

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It is probable that the average expenditure, in both engines taken together, has been 4 pounds per horse-power per hour; and there is not sufficient difference between the boilers of the screw and ...

Working model, scale 1:12, of twin-cylinder steam driven double trunk screw engines, as extensively used for screw propulsion on the HMS 'Minotaur' and 'Northumberland' (1865-1868), construction ...

The performance world already knows to respect any machine sporting a Hemi, and a late-model, 6.4 Challenger is no exception. From a visual standpoint, the Challenger is certainly the best looking of ...

With all the hype about the Gen III LS1 and 6.0L engines, a little 5.3L engine has appeared in well over a million GM trucks since 1998 that's been overlooked in the rush to make horsepower. This ...

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The Audi Q5 has been an important volume seller for the company in the luxury SUV space. However, the German automaker is now tangling with a difficult recall due to reports of multiple fires in ...