The last post is the WINNER!

[Revoltingest]

Winning with a non-compression 2-stroke!

 

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[Revoltingest]

Yes, you do....congrats!

 

[Brickjectivity]

Winning with a non-compression 2-stroke!

So there's no compression...does that make it a steam engine? Looks like the crankshaft has been redone along with the rocker arm. What are those two witnesses on either side? Fuel and water? Someone lovingly put an ornamental groove on the wooden base!

 

[Revoltingest]

Steam? Hah!
It runs on the Lenoir cycle....suck in a charge of fuel & air for half an intake stroke,
then suck in a pilot light, then power for half a stroke, then a full exhaust stroke, & repeat.
Fuel (such as illuminating gas) is on the left.
Muffler is on the right.
The rocker arm controls the exhaust spool valve.

 

[Alt Thinker]

You want compression? Diesel!

 

[Wu Wei]

cool.... oh...and I win

 

[Revoltingest]

You want compression? Diesel!

Looks familiar....hmmm......
(There aren't many air blast diesels around....not one of the 2 I know of in Americastan.)
Single stage compressor (not counting cylinder pre-compression) makes it early....pre-1910.
Is this the 1902 one in England?

 

[Wu Wei]

You really know this stuff...don't you... impressive.....but I still win

 

[Brickjectivity]

I love these engines! The Lenoir engine looks like it would be at home in a garden next to a sprinkler and a coil of green water hose. The Otto engine seems to be cut almost exclusively out of cylinders. Hard to believe these things were designed without computers, but you can tell that they were designed in pieces. I like the classic flanges and open design on this Otto. All engines should have had cowling(s) and rails to protect people who inspected them and used them. It took lawyers to make that happen though. Stupid tough guy engineers!

 

[Revoltingest]

I love these engines! The Lenoir engine looks like it would be at home in a garden next to a sprinkler and a coil of green water hose. The Otto engine seems to be cut almost exclusively out of cylinders. Hard to believe these things were designed without computers, but you can tell that they were designed in pieces. I like the classic flanges and open design on this Otto. All engines should have had cowling(s) and rails to protect people who inspected them and used them. It took lawyers to make that happen though. Stupid tough guy engineers!

Of course, the engine is not a Lenoir brand (mid 1860s), which was out of production
by the time this one (brand kept secret for anonymity) was made in 1882-1884.
"Otto"? No, it would've been made by one of the Diesel licensees.

For your viewing pleasure, here's a later one (1913) with the more modern 2-stage air injection compressor:
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[Alt Thinker]

Looks familiar....hmmm......
(There aren't many air blast diesels around....not one of the 2 I know of in Americastan.)
Single stage compressor (not counting cylinder pre-compression) makes it early....pre-1910.
Is this the 1902 one in England?

Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg 1906

 

[Revoltingest]

Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg 1906

That name didn't exist til 1908. It would be the same maker as my 1903...Vereinigte
Maschinenfabrik Augsburg & Maschienenbaugesellschaft Nurnberg, AG, Werk Augsberg.

 

[Vinayaka]

That's all crazy talk. Engine schmengine.

 

[Revoltingest]

I'm surprised anyone else showed any interest.

 

[Brickjectivity]

I can appreciate engines. They are clever thingies.

 

[Vinayaka]

Yeah, Sunshine, there are a lot of clever thingies in the world, case ya didn't know.

 

[Brickjectivity]

Yeah, thingies are clever.

 

[Vinayaka]

One of the cleverest thingies I seen when a young 'un was a milkin' machine. It had 4 thingies that attached to 4 other thingies, and when Mom flipped the switch it somehow drained the milk.

 

[Brickjectivity]

What shocks me is that cows jump fences. They don't look like they can jump at all.