Talk:Étienne Lenoir
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The engine of Lenoir was not a two-stroke. Not in the literal sense anyway, as it uses a different way of ignition and valves.
Doesn't this count as a stub? Brutannica 20:13, 26 March 2006 (UTC) Lenoir's engine is a 2 stroke, but it differs from modern ones because it uses the obsolete Leonoir cycle, which doesn't compress the charge prior to ignition. Non-compression engines are very inefficient. The Coolspring Power Museum (an hour NE of Pittsburgh) will soon have a Sombart (circa 1882) using this cycle, although with flame ignition rather than spark71.227.91.48 03:00, 8 September 2006 (UTC).
A combustion engine sizes up if "sufficient cooling water is not applied" or "the cooling water supply is insufficient". I therefore deleted the double negation "if insufficient cooling water was not applied" into "if sufficient cooling water was not applied"
In the end it says Lenoir died "alone and broke" - perhaps this should be replace with more formal language? For example, Lenoir died "poor and lonely"
Have changed this to the example above.--Dagurlwonder 06:47, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
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