Engineering:Headless engine

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A headless engine or fixed head engine[1] is an engine where the end of the cylinder is cast as one piece with the cylinder and crankcase.[2] The most well known headless engines are the Fairbanks-Morse Z and the Witte Headless hit and miss engine[3]

See also

An advertisement for a headless hit and miss engine.

References

  1. ↑ Goodsell, Don (2016-06-27) (in en). Dictionary of Automotive Engineering. Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-1-4831-0496-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=DX-8DAAAQBAJ&dq=%22fixed+head+engine%22&pg=PA60. 
  2. ↑ "Fairbanks Morse headless engine 1917.". https://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/antique-machinery-and-history/fairbanks-morse-headless-engine-1917-a-268395/. 
  3. ↑ "Headless Witte Engines". http://www.oldengine.org/members/cmsgma/2000show/headless.html. 




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