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...inventor of the crankless engine, A. G. M. Michell, of Melbourne, Australia, will discuss his discovery in a lecture tonight under the auspices of the Harvard Engineering Society. The address, one of the many sponsored by the society this year, will be held at 7.30 o'clock in 110 Pierce Hall. The public is cordially invited...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Engineering Lecture Tonight | 3/19/1929 | See Source »

...limits. In addition, one hundred and fifty heavy parts will no longer be needed in the automobile, so that here-after heavy cars will ascend into the Franklin class and the Franklin will turn into a balloon. A great new invention is going to perform all these wonders, a crankless engine, one that delivers the power, not by a heavy and cumbersome crankshaft, but by an oscillating disk. This disk, it is confidently predicted by the inventor, will transfer the power from engine to shaft with absolutely no waste of energy. Such perfect efficiency will permit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A CRANK? | 10/20/1922 | See Source »

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