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The Automobile The New Transportation of The 20th Century

Before the 1800's most people lived on farms and their job was working on their farms. Most people didn’t leave their farms because they had no real means of transportation. After the 1800's the automobile was invented and people started leaving in cities. People also began traveling and taking more vacations since they could get around easier. The automobile has increased the amount of jobs and changed the life style of people in the 20th century.
The internal combustion engine is any group of devices in which the reactants of combustion (oxidizer and fuel) and the products serve as the working fluids of the engine (Britannica 1). The process that occurs for the engine is from heat released during combustion of the working fluids. The internal combustion engine has two types. The first is the continuous combustion engine, which is characterized by a steady flow of fuel and oxidizer into the engine (Britannica 2). The second type intermittent combustion engine is characterized ...

Posted by: Leonard Herriman

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