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5 years 2 months ago - 5 years 2 months ago #204489
by BillyP
I CAME INTO THIS WORLD WITH NOTHING & STILL HAVE MOST OF IT.........................
I used to be a truck driver,
but i am now not a truck driver ,
on a good day i can remember
that i used to be a truck driver.
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To me the internal combustion bizzo is an Engine ……………..not a motor ……….
So what is the difference between an engine and a motor.???????????...……..
…………………..Billy...………………….
To me the internal combustion bizzo is an Engine ……………..not a motor ……….
So what is the difference between an engine and a motor.???????????...……..
…………………..Billy...………………….
I CAME INTO THIS WORLD WITH NOTHING & STILL HAVE MOST OF IT.........................
I used to be a truck driver,
but i am now not a truck driver ,
on a good day i can remember
that i used to be a truck driver.
Last edit: 5 years 2 months ago by BillyP.
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5 years 2 months ago #204491
by grandad
Replied by grandad on topic Engines and Motors
To me, an engine develops its own power, whereas a motors' power is developed somewhere else and fed to it.
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5 years 2 months ago #204492
by Mrsmackpaul
Your better to die trying than live on your knees begging
Replied by Mrsmackpaul on topic Engines and Motors
Dunno
We have electric motors not electric engine
We have steam engines not steam motors
We have hydraulic motors not hydraulic engines
Dunno if Im helping or not
Paul
We have electric motors not electric engine
We have steam engines not steam motors
We have hydraulic motors not hydraulic engines
Dunno if Im helping or not
Paul
Your better to die trying than live on your knees begging
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5 years 2 months ago #204495
by paulc20
Replied by paulc20 on topic Engines and Motors
Of course for Poms, "motor" means the whole car.
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5 years 2 months ago #204501
by jeffo
Replied by jeffo on topic Engines and Motors
What about search engines? You don't hear the geeks talk of search motors.
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5 years 2 months ago #204502
by allan
Replied by allan on topic Engines and Motors
And the 'engine' term for computers goes way back, to Babbage's (mechanical) Difference Engine and his later Analytical Engine in the 1830s! That's not a typo - 1830s!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_Engine
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_Engine
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5 years 2 months ago - 5 years 2 months ago #204503
by Lang
Replied by Lang on topic Engines and Motors
motor (n.)
"one who or that which imparts motion," mid-15c., "controller, prime mover (in reference to God);" from Late Latin motor, literally "mover," agent noun from past-participle stem of Latin movere "to move" (from PIE root *meue- "to push away"). Sense of "agent or force that produces mechanical motion" is first recorded 1660s; that of "machine that supplies motive power" is from 1856. Motor-home is by 1966. Motor-scooter is from 1919. First record of slang motor-mouth "fast-talking person" 1970's.
Engine Origin
Middle English (formerly also as ingine ): from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium ‘talent, device’, from in- ‘in’ + gignere ‘beget’; compare with ingenious. The original sense was ‘ingenuity, cunning’ (surviving in Scots as ingine ), hence ‘the product of ingenuity, a plot or snare’, also ‘tool, weapon’, later specifically denoting a large mechanical weapon; whence a machine (mid 17th century), used commonly later in combinations such as steam engine, internal combustion engine .
"one who or that which imparts motion," mid-15c., "controller, prime mover (in reference to God);" from Late Latin motor, literally "mover," agent noun from past-participle stem of Latin movere "to move" (from PIE root *meue- "to push away"). Sense of "agent or force that produces mechanical motion" is first recorded 1660s; that of "machine that supplies motive power" is from 1856. Motor-home is by 1966. Motor-scooter is from 1919. First record of slang motor-mouth "fast-talking person" 1970's.
Engine Origin
Middle English (formerly also as ingine ): from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium ‘talent, device’, from in- ‘in’ + gignere ‘beget’; compare with ingenious. The original sense was ‘ingenuity, cunning’ (surviving in Scots as ingine ), hence ‘the product of ingenuity, a plot or snare’, also ‘tool, weapon’, later specifically denoting a large mechanical weapon; whence a machine (mid 17th century), used commonly later in combinations such as steam engine, internal combustion engine .
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5 years 2 months ago #204505
by 600Dodge
I am both a mechanic and an electrician and that is possibly the easiest to understand explanation Ive ever heard.
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Mrsmackpaul wrote: Dunno
We have electric motors not electric engine
We have steam engines not steam motors
We have hydraulic motors not hydraulic engines
Dunno if Im helping or not
Paul
I am both a mechanic and an electrician and that is possibly the easiest to understand explanation Ive ever heard.
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5 years 2 months ago #204506
by Lang
Replied by Lang on topic Engines and Motors
We also have Railway Engines AND Rail Motors.
A rail motor almost universally means a small train with a petrol or diesel mo..., en...................... internal combustion propulsion. Hold on, aren't there big trains powered by diesel electric. Maybe these are engines with motors?
Lang
A rail motor almost universally means a small train with a petrol or diesel mo..., en...................... internal combustion propulsion. Hold on, aren't there big trains powered by diesel electric. Maybe these are engines with motors?
Lang
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5 years 2 months ago #204507
by BillyP
I CAME INTO THIS WORLD WITH NOTHING & STILL HAVE MOST OF IT.........................
I used to be a truck driver,
but i am now not a truck driver ,
on a good day i can remember
that i used to be a truck driver.
Replied by BillyP on topic Engines and Motors
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.Sounds so simple when you first think about it, doesn't it, ????????/
So here is another simple version...………
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engineering.mit.edu/engage/ask-an-engine...motor-and-an-engine/
……………...Billy...…………...
.Sounds so simple when you first think about it, doesn't it, ????????/
So here is another simple version...………
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engineering.mit.edu/engage/ask-an-engine...motor-and-an-engine/
……………...Billy...…………...
I CAME INTO THIS WORLD WITH NOTHING & STILL HAVE MOST OF IT.........................
I used to be a truck driver,
but i am now not a truck driver ,
on a good day i can remember
that i used to be a truck driver.
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