gas engine

an internal-combustion engine driven by a mixture of air and gas.

Origin of gas engine

First recorded in 1870–75

Indeed, it is the exhaust above all that betrays the gas-engine by its discharge to the exterior through the exhaust-pipe.

Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants |R. E. Mathot
Their next step was to place a gas-engine on their aeroplane and attempt actual mechanical flight.

Historic Inventions |Rupert S. Holland
When a gas-engine is at rest there is no fire, nothing is being used up, and yet the engine can be started very quickly.

The Story of Great Inventions |Elmer Ellsworth Burns
It is a rather widespread belief that a gas-engine can be operated without any care or inspection.

Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants |R. E. Mathot

The methods employed in testing a gas-engine are both complex and delicate.

Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants |R. E. Mathot

gas engine

a type of internal-combustion engine using a flammable gas, such as coal gas or natural gas, as fuel