Show working principle of explosive engine old the basic idea ot the explosive engine nas conceived long before the appearance ot steam la 1680 huygens described an explosion motor which was to be operated by discharging a quantity of powder to drive the air out of a cylinder and raise the to that point bla engine relied on a force somewhat similar to the working principle of those today ant the useful was to be done by the piston being forced down by the pressure of the atmosphere against it thus lifting a weight or doing some other task there Is no record that this engine ever was operated the steam engine of 1705 functioned on about the bame plan that is steam was used to lift the weight 0 the piston and after this was done the atmospheric pressure was retted upon for the real work after almost years passed before inventory In ventora caught the vision of rotary motion from their engines nta idea simply involved a piston and a cylinder |