Gregory Benford

Electromagnetic theory and experiment gave us the telephone, radio, TV, computers, and made the internal combustion engine practical - thus, the car and airplane, leading inevitably to the rocket and outer-space exploration.

American Physicist

Gaylord Nelson

I think the internal combustion engine will disappear from the streets of our cities in the next thirty years because transportation will be mass transportation, or probably electrical power.

American Politician

Michael Leunig

The human relationship to combustion is as mysterious as it is fraught with madness. From the candle flame to the nuclear blast, it has lit up the human imagination with fear and fascination.

Australian Cartoonist

John Torode

My earliest memory of cooking is my grandmother showing me how to make chicken gravy on the big combustion stove in her kitchen. I still use Nana's gravy recipe.

Australian Chef

Ken Cuccinelli

An e-cigarette does not function in manner of a traditional cigarette because it functions electrically rather than via combustion of a material such as tobacco.

Michael A. Stackpole

The advent of ebooks is no more going to kill the pleasure of reading than the introduction of the internal combustion engine made horses extinct.

American Writer

Sergio Marchionne

I think the likelihood that combustion will continue to represent the large portion of the power unit world is very small.

Italian Businessman

Dana Brunetti

The cars haven't advanced that much since we were kids. When you boil it down, it's still a gas combustion engine.

American Producer

Frank D. Gilroy

The way plays happen, at least with me, it's spontaneous combustion of things you've had in your head.

American Playwright

Dick Morris

Spontaneous combustion of grassroots politics is the future.

American Author

Imagine the visible aspects of burning to associate with 'combustion', like flames and smoke.

Visual Imagery

Understand 'spontaneous combustion' can refer to unexpected, sometimes dangerous events.

Spontaneous Danger

Recognize when 'combustion' is used metaphorically to express vigorous activity or emotions.

Non-Literal Use

Remember that 'combustion' always involves producing heat and often light.

Heat and Light

Notice visible signs of 'combustion', like a color change or burning smell.

Visible Changes

Use 'combustion' to describe scientific scenarios, rather than everyday burning.

Scientific Context

Relate 'combustion' to movement in engines, where it's a crucial process.

Engine Movement

Understand that in engines, 'combustion' occurs in a controlled environment—the combustion chamber.

Controlled Environment

 But combustion is an exothermic reaction, meaning it releases heat. Lots of it. And while much of this heat escapes through the tail pipe, the heat that remains in the engine block needs to be absorbed, transported, and dissipated to protect the metal components from deforming or even melting. This is where the cooling system comes in.

Under the hood: The...

 Something else to consider is that overcoming friction takes energy, so you're losing energy to friction. This is one way your tires can influence your fuel efficiency. And, in fact, did you know that about one-third of the fuel that you put into your internal combustion engine vehicle

The science of friction...

 At the same time, oil discoveries lowered the price of gasoline, and new advances made internal combustion engines more appealing. Electric starters removed the need for hand-cranking, mufflers made engines quieter and rubber engine mounts reduced vibration.

The surprisingly long...

 remodify them and give them a chimney, and design them in a way that limits the amount of oxygen that goes into the combustion process. We go back to the villages, find farmers with the help of local leaders, train these farmers how to use these kilns,

Sanga Moses: Using Waste...

 is slow and hard to understand and hard to use. Digital money, like the horse and carriage, works pretty well, and the whole world economy is built on it. If you were the first person on your block to get a car with an internal combustion engine,

The future of money PIPE...

 As the fire heats up, the carbon dioxide and water vapor created by combustion expand. Now that they’re less dense, they rise in a thinning column. Gravity causes this expansion and rising, which gives flames their characteristic taper.

Is fire a solid, a...

 Your match adds enough energy to activate the exothermic reaction of combustion, converting the high-energy combustible material in the wood to lower energy carbon dioxide and water. Entropy also increases and helps the reaction along

What triggers a chemical...

 combustion engine vehicles. One fish is just one fish in the sea. And one cup of coffee doesn't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. But we do these things because we believe they matter, that our actions add up,

How to make a profit...

 there are some 45 jurisdictions around the world -- national, regional and municipal -- where laws have been passed beginning a phaseout of internal combustion engines.

The new urgency of...

 clear the natural history including climates or subsets of fire history this new combustion burns without the old ecological checks-and-balances burns day

Combustion