At the very same time, another kind of engine, the internal combustion engine, was being developed and perfected.
The internal combustion engine, driven by oil, had won the battle to power the automobile.
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A group of children is no more likely to invent an alphabet than it is to invent theinternalcombustionengine.
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All that pollution is transport borne: it all comes from motor vehicles and theinternalcombustionengine.
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The world motor car industry is highly competitive, and our competitors are very competent manufacturers of theinternalcombustionengine.
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We then saw the inexorable rise of theinternalcombustionengine.
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Anyone who tries to frustrate or inhibit the use of theinternalcombustionengine, in my view, is frustrating progress.
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We have open war between personal movement on the highway and the mobile, armouredinternalcombustionengine.
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The one prescribed substance which, sadly, is eliminated from consideration under the clause is carbon monoxide emitted by theinternalcombustionengine.
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The greatest social revolution which has ever taken place in this country has been caused by the invention of theinternalcombustionengine.
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To me it seems that the coming of theinternalcombustionenginehas created a revolution in many directions.
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Indeed, the invention of theinternalcombustionengineis one of the greatest of the triumphs that have signalised man's victory over material things.
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The braking system on theinternalcombustionenginefor motor cars is very much better.
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Hybrid technology involves a combination of theinternalcombustionengineand the electric motor, which drives the vehicle and collects electricity from the braking.
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Apart from theinternalcombustionengineas applied to land vehicles, we now have the aeroplane.
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I give another example connected with theinternalcombustionengine.
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On the other hand, what was it like before theinternalcombustionengine, when people travelled with the aid of the horse?
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