Benz Bz.II
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Bz.II was a six-cylinder, water-cooled, inline engine
developed in Germany for use in aircraft in 1913
. With a displacement of 14.3 L (875 cu in), it developed 75 kW (100 hp) at 1,200 rpm. It had cast-iron cylinders and the valves were operated by dual camshaft
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Karl Benz
Karl Friedrich Benz, was a German engine designer and car engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the gasoline-powered car, and together with Bertha Benz pioneering founder of the automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz...
Bz.II was a six-cylinder, water-cooled, inline engine
Inline engine (aviation)
In aviation, an inline engine means any reciprocating engine with banks rather than rows of cylinders, including straight engines, flat engines, V engines and H engines, but excluding radial engines and rotary engines....
developed in Germany for use in aircraft in 1913
1913 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1913:-January:*13 January – Brazilian naval aviation commences with the foundation of a flying school.-February:...
. With a displacement of 14.3 L (875 cu in), it developed 75 kW (100 hp) at 1,200 rpm. It had cast-iron cylinders and the valves were operated by dual camshaft
Camshaft
A camshaft is a shaft to which a cam is fastened or of which a cam forms an integral part.-History:An early cam was built into Hellenistic water-driven automata from the 3rd century BC. The camshaft was later described in Iraq by Al-Jazari in 1206. He employed it as part of his automata,...
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