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Balzer had problems finishing this engine, delivering finally not earlier than 1900. For proper use, Langley's technical assistant, Charles M. Manly, had to modify it heavily. This became the Manly–Balzer engine, the first purpose-built aero-engine. [citation needed] Balzer's business was not very successful, and he left in 1902.
Stephen Marius Balzer (c. 1864 – September 29, 1940) was a Hungarian-born American mechanic and inventor. He was the founder of the Balzer Motor Company and later donated one of his cars to the Smithsonian Institution , which was the first car in its collection.
In 1881, Balzer's son John A. became a partner, and when the founder died in 1888, the son took over. In the early 1900s, as automobiles began to displace horses, the factory shifted operations to the manufacture of auto bodies, like many other wagon makers. In 1928 they added welding services and in 1934 auto body repair.
The Manly–Balzer was the first purpose-designed aircraft engine, built in 1901 for the Langley Aerodrome project. The engine was originally ordered from Stephen Balzer (1864–1940) in New York , but his five-cylinder radial engine design failed to live up to its claims.
The original Suzuki VL 1500 Intruder LC had a 680 mm (26.7 in) seat height and an underseat 15.4 L; 3.40 imp gal (4.08 US gal) fuel tank. The engine is a slightly revised version of the air and oil cooled Suzuki Intruder 1400 motor: a 45° V-twin with offset crank pins to reduce vibrations. It also features shaft final drive and hydraulic ...
(Reuters) - Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he was pardoning 39 people convicted of non-violent crimes and commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 others who were serving long ...
The EMD SW1500 is a 1,500 hp (1,119 kW) diesel-electric switcher locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division from 1966 to 1974. [1] The SW1500 replaced the SW1200 in the EMD product line. Many railroads regularly used SW1500s for road freight service. [1]
The Moskvitch 412 derived from the Moskvitch 408, differing in more powerful 1.5 engine.The earliest engines for the 412 were built in 1964. [3] The Moskvitch 412 had a slanted (to a tilt of 20 degrees) inline-four engine with a block, head, and inlet manifold cast in aluminium alloy to keep the engine weight down, and a hemispherical combustion chamber. [4]