8 sentences with 'engines'

Example sentences and phrases with the word engines and other words derived from it.

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« Henry set about cutting logs with his steam engines, and soon there was a little log house on the place. »
« "The silent Otto" was not a steam engine, but one of the new internal combustion engines, which ran on gasoline. »
« But internal combustion engines depended on electricity for their ignition cycle, and he had not yet learned enough about it. »
« "We shut down the two inboard engines when we were at 150 meters altitude and altered the angle of the propellers to reduce air resistance. »
« Steam engines were originally used to pump water from mines, but it was soon discovered that they could be used to replace the water power itself in mills, and Watt developed a rotary (spinning) mechanism attached to the engine. »
« Speaking of flight, it is known that the space taxi uses its engines to the full on landing and also that, if it were possible to build a spacecraft capable of reaching the speed of light, the journey would be a rejuvenation cure. »
« Six engines are responsible for the mobility of the machine: the propulsion of the submarine is ensured by the two rear engines; two others, located at the ends, produce the vertical movements; the last two are responsible for the lateral movements. »
« Despite the mechanisation of the Wehrmacht, German forces still relied heavily on horses to transport supplies, and many of the horses died of cold. Even the machines could not withstand the conditions on USSR soil; it was so cold that engines broke down and tanks and armoured cars were immobile. Thus, the German army, though still huge and powerful, froze to a large extent in the winter of 1941-42. »

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