compound engine

In this fashion the design was effectively a compound engine.

Five were compound engines, the last one a simple engine).

A compound engine, which connected two or more engines was described.

They were followed by two compound engines in 1889 for testing and then 98 more compounds from 1892 to 1897.

A compound engine uses several stages to produce its output.

A small model of a twin-cylinder compound engine is on display.

She had a four cylinder compound engine which produced 90 horsepower.

The company built simple and compound engines in sizes from 10 to 40 horsepower.

The term compounding is a little less restrictive than compound engine.

The original compound engine was then installed in the steam tug Sound.

Near the end of the 19th century compound engines came into widespread use.

Compound engines could be configured to either increase a ship's economy or its speed.

It is said that the two-cylinder compound engine sometimes gave difficulty in starting.

Compound engines allowed ships to carry less coal than freight.

By the 1870s, compound engines had become standard for warships.

It was altered in 1921 and became a 1500 hp vertical three cylinder compound engine.

They also continued to build large horizontal twin tandem compound engines.

They differed from the E class in that they were compound engines.

Not all engines that use multiple stages are called compound engines.

Around 1850, compound engines were first introduced into Lancashire textile mills.

He invented the compound engine in 1781 and patented on 16 July in the same year.

She was powered by a two-cylinder compound engine, which gave her a speed of 9 knots.

These locomotives were the first compound engines in Saxony.

This compound engine was of the Mallet locomotive type.

The vehicles were equipped with a two-cylinder, compound engine.