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! :-)