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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3276: Airplane Engines

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 1, 2022 · Episode: 3276 Should airplane engines be cooled by liquid or air? Today, a design might go either way.

Tags Airplane engines anticipating change aviation Bull Riding curtiss cylinders Gyroscope gyroscopic inline engines internal combustion engines Langley liquid-cooled engines pistons radial engines rodeo rotary engines Santos Dumont steam engines technological change World War 1 world war 2 WW-I WW-II

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2191: Steam Boilers

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on March 4, 2022 · Episode: 2191 The steam boiler as neglected part of steam engine development. Today, steam boilers for the new steam engines.

Tags compact heat exchangers fire tube haystack boilers Richard Hills James Watt steam engines Thomas Newcomen Thomas Savery wagon boilers water tube

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2471: Aeroplanes in Embryo

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Posted on January 29, 2023 · Episode: 2471 In which Henry Farman and Glenn Curtiss emerge from the pack of pioneer airmen. Today, aeroplanes in embryo.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2465: A Fine Early Aeroplane Book

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Posted on January 21, 2023 · Episode: 2465 Victor Lougheed’s extraordinary 1909 aeroplane book. Today, where were the first aeroplanes going?

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