Re: Engine vs Motor

["Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A: They are all air compressors. Someone just added fuel and spark to liven 
things up a bit! <G>


From: david crooks <david.crooks@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: amc <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Engine vs Motor

 > I was always given to believe that engines produced
 > their own energy forces.  An internal combustion engine
 > introduces gasoline, fire, and compression to cause the
 > explosion which is harnessed mechanically to produce
 > ongoing power.  (as in internal combustion engines).
 > The same thing for steam engines as they produce their
 > own steam pressure energy.

But this isn't true! An external combustion engine, like
a steam engine, does NOT produce the steam, it only uses
it!  A single boiler can be used to run hundreds of steam
engines, the steam is an energy supply, no different than
air pressure to a pneumatic motor, or hydraulic pressure to
a hydraulic motor.

Dave


A: Now THERE's an ode to the Man in Black! MHRIP


From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: engine vs. motor
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0411081751310.3511@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

On Mon, 8 Nov 2004, Ken Ames wrote:

> "got your motor runnin', head out on the highway"
> I don't think they're talking(singing) electric motors there. :)

Quoting Steppenwolf on technical issues is crossing the

line. Some line, I'm not sure which one! :-)