Orville C. Cromer
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Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1954–63. Coauthor of Elementary Heat Power.
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Gasoline engine, any of a class of internal-combustion engines that generate power by burning a volatile liquid fuel (gasoline or a gasoline mixture such as ethanol) with ignition initiated by an electric spark. Gasoline engines can be built to meet the requirements of practically any conceivable…
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