not long after combustion engines were really taking off: the Hit-And-Miss engine. First taking off in the early 1900s, the ...

Diesel engines have played a significant role in the automotive industry. Rudolf Diesel's invention, aimed at creating a more efficient internal combustion engine, found early uses due to its ...

It is a shrine to the internal combustion engine and, to a lesser extent, Lotus. On a filing cabinet is a vast cylinder that’s one of the 18 that make a Bristol Centaurus radial aircraft engine.

Neither of these cars would be of much use to the collector who might wish to operate them, but they are the two most important very early gasoline vehicles built in this country. As most of us know, ...