The Collaborative International Dictionary
Water engine \Wa"ter en"gine\ An engine to raise water; or an engine moved by water; also, an engine or machine for extinguishing fires; a fire engine.
Wikipedia
Water engine may refer to:
- Water engine a simple water-driven device such as a water-column engine
- Stanley Meyer's water fuel cell, an invention claiming to run an automobile using water as fuel.
- Water motors, a type of hydraulic machinery.
In film or theatre:
- The Water Engine, a play by David Mamet.
The water engine is a positive-displacement engine, often closely resembling a steam engine, with similar pistons and valves, that is driven by water pressure. The supply of water was derived from a natural head of water, the water mains, or a specialised high-pressure water supply such as that provided by the London Hydraulic Power Company. Water mains in the 19th century often operated at pressures of 30 - 40 psi, while hydraulic power companies supplied higher pressure water at anything up to 800 psi.
The term water motor was more commonly applied to small Pelton wheel type turbines driven from a mains water tap (e.g. Whitney Water Motor), and mainly used for light loads, for example sewing machines.
Usage examples of "water engine".
He was about to complain of the hardships they were facing deep in the Water Engine District of Peshdan Sector when he, too, saw the tall man.
Then, the mysterious, magical metacetacean Water engine with which the Hub was associated reached into the informational underweave of things, and tweaked at temporality.