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Ignored by many historians, and eclipsed in the public eye by the more spectacular steam engine, the internal combustion engine was a key source of power in late 19th Century Britain - long before ...its role in transport. gas engines, oil engines, petrol engines, all played their part in running the machinery on Britain's workshops, farms and even shops. The development of the internal combustion engine is traced in this programme, from the 'atmospheric' engine of the 1860s to the four cylinder - the forerunners of today's car engines. The key technological advance, Otto's four stroke cycle, is explained by means of an animation, but early examples of engines are shown, still in working order, such as Otto's first four stroke engine and Otto and Langen's atmospheric engine.
Ignored by many historians, and eclipsed in the public eye by the more spectacular steam engine, the internal combustion engine was a key source of power in late 19th Century Britain - long before ...its role in transport. gas engines, oil engines, petrol engines, all played their part in running the machinery on Britain's workshops, farms and even shops. The development of the internal combustion engine is traced in this programme, from the 'atmospheric' engine of the 1860s to the four cylinder - the forerunners of today's car engines. The key technological advance, Otto's four stroke cycle, is explained by means of an animation, but early examples of engines are shown, still in working order, such as Otto's first four stroke engine and Otto and Langen's atmospheric engine.
| Module code and title: | A281, Technology and change c.1750-1914 |
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| Item code: | A281; 09 |
| First transmission date: | 04-08-1984 |
| Published: | 1984 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:09 |
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| Producer: | Neil Cameron |
| Contributors: | Ken Barlow; Clive Lawless |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Automobile engine; Diesel engine; Industrial revolution; Internal combustion engine; Langen's atmospheric engine; Otto's 4 stroke engine; Petrol engine |
| Master spool number: | HOU4456 |
| Production number: | FOUA182B |
| Videofinder number: | 2554 |
| Available to public: | no |
