Most modern gasoline and diesel-powered engines found in the cars and trucks seen on today's roadways rely on the four-cycle-engine principles developed in the late 1800s by Nikolaus Otto, Gottlieb ...

I’m not sure if any engine built today will still be salvageable 100 years from now. Not to sound like a grump, but so much relies on computers that will surely be obsolete by then. And let’s not get ...

Built in Chicago between 1906 and 1909, Silent Knight automobiles were powered by Charles Knight's four-cylinder, 40-horsepower, sleeve-valve engine. These automobiles had weak points, but the engine ...

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Gabriel Voisin was an aviation pioneer who progressed into the car business after the First World War using Knight-type sleeve-valve engines. Designed by American Charles Yale Knight yet perfected in ...

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The internal combustion engine, despite being a century-and-a-half old, is still an impressive marvel of engineering. There are several variations of engine design that have been experimented with ...

SIMPLICITY is the keynote of the only two types of sleeve-valve engines that have stood the test of time, namely, the double-sleeve, or Knight, engine and the single-sleeve, or Burt-McCollum, engine, ...

Editor’s note: David Krumboltz’s regular column is on hiatus until further notice due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In its place, we’re running some of Dave’s favorite past columns. This one ...