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To: AnalogReigns

Big deal. So the kerosene lamp is the great grandfather of the Jet engine?


90 posted on 12/30/2007 12:25:17 PM PST by Kozak (Anti Shahada: There is no god named Allah, and Muhammed is a false prophet)
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To: Kozak

The aelipyle is the great-great grandfather of the jet engine.


91 posted on 12/30/2007 12:29:16 PM PST by hellbender
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To: Kozak

Yeah right. If that’s the case then a burning stick is the ancestor of the nuclear warhead.

Whatever.


92 posted on 12/30/2007 12:35:34 PM PST by mamelukesabre
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To: Kozak

In terms of fuel yes. But diesel engines, especially super charged ones, bear a lot more resemblance to a jet engine than most would think. Both depend on compression-induced combustion of the same basic fuel...one just uses reciprocating pistons, the other doesn’t. Somebody else’s technical description is above for your enlightenment.


175 posted on 12/31/2007 9:20:42 AM PST by AnalogReigns
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