Re: Engine vs Motor

["Ralph Ausmann" <ralph.ausmann@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

???  I figured the engine contained the firebox, the fuel, the boiler and
water reservoir as well as the other major mechanical components.  The
entire assembly is considered an engine (as would be for a Stanley Steamer).
But, then I don't mind getting a better education.
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 > 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