Lexic.us

Definition of Automobile engine

1. Noun. The engine that propels an automobile.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Automobile Engine

Literary usage of Automobile engine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"The four cylinder motorcycle engine is also in use and is very similar to the automobile engine, but smaller and lighter. MOTOR WHEEL A "Motor-Wheel. ..."

2. The Modern Gasoline Automobile: Its Design, Construction, Operation and by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1917)
"... Plant Installation—• Three- and Four-Point Support—Unit Power Plants—Motor Location —1917 automobile engine Practice—Typical Modern Engines—• Power ..."

3. The Gas-engine: A Treatise on the Internal-combustion Engine Using Gas by Frederick Remsen Hutton (1903)
"The most prominent and successful American air-cooled automobile engine is that used to drive the Knox automobile. There is nothing distinctive, however, ..."

4. The Modern Gas-engine and the Gas-producer by Arvid Michael Levin (1912)
"The engine is, thus, conveniently started, from any position, simply by turning on the compressed air. The automobile engine. ..."

5. Automobile Engineering: A General Reference Work by American Technical Society (1921)
"An automobile engine starts at low speeds and then probably runs first fast then slow, ... If an automobile engine does not work well or needs adjustment, ..."

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