The 20th century was the age of the internal combustion engine. The fruits of industrial progress produced power plants tasked with everything from running generators to powering warplanes. The First ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Power rating: 2,237 kW (3,000 hp) at ...

If you look at aircraft from the Second World War or earlier, you'll notice that many of them have engines with large frontal areas and cylinders arranged about the propeller crankshaft. This a radial ...

Bore and Stroke: 146 mm (5.8 in.) x 152 mm (6 in.) The Wasp Major was Pratt & Whitney Aircraft's last and largest piston engine. Its cylinders were in four rows, arranged in a spiral for better ...