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  2. Urmson & Thompson - Wikipedia

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    From 1904 they made a series of large mill engines. The largest was a 2000ihp engine for Ace Mill Co. Ltd., Chadderton in 1914. This was erected in 1919. The later engines were large. Arthur Roberts [2] reported that Hartford Mill was powered by an 1800 hp twin-tandem compound engine by Urmson and Thompson, built in 1907. It was steamed at 160 ...

  3. Buckley & Taylor - Wikipedia

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    It began producing mill engines by 1867. Many of their early engines were large compound beam engines. By 1870 they had established a reputation for horizontal twin tandem compounds. Their original 1 ⁄ 2-acre (0.20 ha) site at the Castle Ironworks at Green acres expanded to 3 acres (1.2 ha) in 1880, and they operated a forge at Openshaw. In ...

  4. Woolstenhulmes & Rye - Wikipedia

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    Woolstenhulme & Rye engines are said to be conservative in design, and although Gurr & Hunt claim that there was no evidence that the company had ever used Corliss valves, in his Black Book engine list, Arthur Roberts documents their use in Parkfield Mill. This engine was a 1,200-hp cross-compound engine. It had a 20-inch-diameter (510 mm) HP ...

  5. Overhead camshaft engine - Wikipedia

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    Among the first overhead camshaft engines were the 1902 Maudslay SOHC engine built in the United Kingdom [18]: 210 [15]: 906 [30] and the 1903 Marr Auto Car SOHC engine built in the United States. [31] [32] The first DOHC engine was a Peugeot inline-four racing engine which powered the car that won the 1912 French Grand Prix.

  6. Straight-three engine - Wikipedia

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    Circa-1960 Saab two-stroke engine 2010 Suzuki K10B engine. Among the first cars to use a straight-three engine is the 1953–1955 DKW F91, powered by a 900 cc (55 cu in) two-stroke engine, although this was predated by the 3 cylinder 15hp Rolls Royce produced in 1905 and a number of other cars of this era also used 3 cylinder engines.

  7. Oldsmobile V8 engine - Wikipedia

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    A smaller 260.5 cu in (4.3 L; 4,269 cc) V8 was created for the new Oldsmobile Omega in 1975 by decreasing the bore to 3.5 in (89 mm). [19] It produced 110 hp (82 kW) net and 205 lb⋅ft (278 N⋅m). SAE gross power was 150 hp. [20] The 260 V8 received VIN code "F" and had a sales code of LV8. [20]

  8. Oldsmobile straight-6 engine - Wikipedia

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    The 221.4 cu in (3.628 L) was used by the Oldsmobile F-Series for one year in 1933 and then reverted to using the 213. It had a 3 3/8" bore and 4 1/8" stroke. This 1933 engine was the first Olds to use removable "shell" bearings in lieu of the earlier poured in place babbit bearings.

  9. Seddon Atkinson - Wikipedia

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    This was a 6-ton gvw forward-control lorry chassis with a 6-cylinder Perkins indirect-injection diesel engine. It was first shown at the Scottish Motor show at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow in 1938. Since it weighed under 2.5 long tons (2,540 kg) unladen, it was allowed to travel at 30 mph (48 km/h) unlike most other trucks with a comparable payload. [1]