A dividing engine is a device employed to mark graduations on measuring instruments. There has always been a need for accurate measuring instruments....

instrument maker. His reputation was built on the engraving and design of dividing engines which allowed high accuracy measurements of angles and lengths in instruments...

of engine regulations. Formulae limiting engine capacity had been used in Grand Prix racing on a regular basis since after World War I. The engine formulae...

An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy. Available energy sources include potential energy...

A search engine is a software system that provides hyperlinks to web pages and other relevant information on the Web in response to a user's query. The...

a Yorkshireman from Halifax, England who had developed the dividing engine for dividing angular scales accurately to within a second of arc (≈ 0.0048...

lathes. With these, he was able to make an exceptionally accurate dividing engine and in turn, some of the finest astronomical, surveying, and navigational...

compression; thus, the diesel engine is called a compression-ignition engine (CI engine). This contrasts with engines using spark plug-ignition of the...

ratio, determined by dividing the bore by the stroke, traditionally indicated whether an engine was designed for power at high engine speeds (rpm) or torque...

of an engine cycle can be calculated by dividing the energy output of mechanical work that the engine produces by the energy put into the engine. The historical...