What are the two basic types of heat engines? - Vidyadip

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What are the two basic types of heat engines?

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(i) External combustion engine in which the working substance is heated externally as in a steam engine.
(ii) Internal combustion engine in which the working substance is heated internally as in a petrol engine or diesel engine.
[Note : A steam engine was invented by Thomas New-comen (1663-1729), English engineer. The first practical steam engine was constructed in 1712. The modem steam engine was invented in 1790 by James Watt (1736-1819), British instrument maker and engineer. A hotair type engine was developed by Robert Stirling (1790-1878), Scottish engineer and clergyman.
A four-stroke internal combustion engine was devised by Nikolaus August Otto (1832-1891), German engineer. A compression-ignition internal combustion engine was devised by Rudolph (Christian Karl) Diesel (1858 - 1913), German engineer.]

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