Automakers once bet big on bizarre ideas—from swirling airflows to variable compression—and the results were as fascinating as they were short-lived. Automotive engineers have invested countless ...
The 20th century was the age of the internal combustion engine. The fruits of industrial progress produced power plants tasked with everything from running generators to powering warplanes. The First ...
"First issued 1923 ... new edition 1931." "The present volume is a revised and somewhat extended edition of vol. II of The internal-combustion engine published in 1923."--Pref. to new edition.