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Elbow Engine
Posted to the Waveform Library on 6/21/2001

Pistons are paired into three elbows that bridge two cylinder barrels; thus back-and-forth motion is converted into rotary motion-without gears. Valving is accomplished without adding a moving part. Both ends of each piston pair are fired simultaneously. The a...