Free-piston Engine
The free-piston engine was patented in 1934 by Raul Pateras Pescara (1890–1966). He was an Argentinian, who worked in Spain and France, and was prominent in helicopter development in the 1919s.
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Famous quotes containing the word engine:
“Industrial man—a sentient reciprocating engine having a fluctuating output, coupled to an iron wheel revolving with uniform velocity. And then we wonder why this should be the golden age of revolution and mental derangement.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)