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rotary engine , Wankel rotary engine Internal combustion engine with rotors instead of pistons, invented in the 1950s by German engineer Felix Wankel (1902–88). Each… chamber , cham·ber / ˈchāmbər/ • n. 1. a hall used by a legislative or judicial body. ∎ the body that meets in such a hall. ∎ any of the houses of a legislatur… Whittaker Chambers , Whittaker Chambers
Whittaker Chambers
In 1948 TIME magazine editor Whittaker Chambers (1901-1961) testified that in the 1930s he helped organize a Co… Steam Engine , A steam engine is a machine that converts the heat energy of steam into mechanical energy. A steam engine passes its steam into a cylinder, where it… Hydrothermal Systems (geology) , magma chamber A region, postulated to exist below the Earth's surface, in which magma is received from a source region in the deep crust or upper man… Cloud Chamber , cloud chamber
cloud chamber, device used to detect elementary particles and other ionizing radiation. A cloud chamber consists essentially of a close…
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