The Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine, named after its inventor Herbert Akroyd Stuart and the manufacturer Richard Hornsby & Sons, was the first successful design...
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Lincolnshire, England under the title Hornsby Akroyd Patent Oil Engine under licence. Some years later, Akroyd-Stuart's design was further developed in...
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Oil engine may refer to: Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine, the first internal combustion engine using heavy oil as fuel Crude oil engine, an internal combustion...
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pioneer in the manufacture of the oil engine developed by Herbert Akroyd Stuart, which was marketed under the Hornsby-Akroyd name. The company developed an...
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Vaporizing oil engine may refer to: spark ignition engine running on Tractor vaporising oil hot bulb engine Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine This disambiguation...
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aluminium engine block is created. 1891: The Hornsby–Akroyd oil engine – often considered a predecessor to the diesel engine – begins production. The engine was...
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Swainson Akroyd (1848–1925), English cricketer Aykroyd Ackroyd Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine Browne, W.A.F.; Reaney, P.H.; Wilson, R.M.; Scull, A. (1991)....
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Akroyd-Stuart (28 January 1864 – 19 February 1927) was an English inventor who is noted for his invention of the hot bulb engine, or heavy oil engine...
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a single vertical, six-cylinder 500-brake-horsepower (373 kW) Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine that drove one propeller shaft. When submerged the propeller was...
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William Dent Priestman (redirect from Priestman Oil Engine)
Bribery and Illicit Communications Act. Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine History of the internal combustion engine "Priestman, William Dent". Biographical Dictionary...
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the first successful design of hot bulb engine, which will be produced as the heavy-oil Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine. August 6 – At Auburn Prison in New York...
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Tractor (section Engine and fuels)
Richard Hornsby & Sons are credited with producing and selling the first oil-engined tractor in Britain, invented by Herbert Akroyd Stuart. The Hornsby-Akroyd...
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eliminated steam traction. A tractor devised by R. Hornsby & Sons Ltd with a twin cylinder Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine was the only vehicle to enter the trial. This...
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Grantham (section Richard Hornsby & Sons)
caterpillar track for a machine using Hornsby's oil engines; these engines were developed by Yorkshireman Herbert Akroyd Stuart, from which compression-ignition...
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Retrieved 2012-01-26. Patent DRP 39-367. "The Akroyd Oil Engine". Ray Hooley's – Ruston-Hornsby – Engine Pages. Archived from the original on 2011-05-24...
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ignition engine. Production started in 1891 by Richard Hornsby & Sons of Grantham, Lincolnshire, England under the title Hornsby Akroyd Patent Oil Engine under...
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afterwards scrapped. none Richard Hornsby & Sons 0-6-6-0DM 1903 6234 Hornsby-Akroyd 20 hp compression-ignition (semi-diesel) engine. Underpowered, inefficient...
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