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Who developed a type of engine that is used in submarines ships and locomotives?
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Robert Stirling was the Scottish inventor of the first practical example of a closed cycle air engine in 1816, and it was suggested by Fleeming Jenkin as early as 1884 that all such engines should therefore generically be called Stirling engines.
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steam ships, and steam carriages (locomotives).
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Rudolf Diesel
Compare submarines and ships?
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2,439 ships
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The steam powered engine was called an?
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The steam-powered engine was called an?
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What did they call the formation of several ships intended to provide protection from submarines in World War 2?
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Which ships of the U.S. were also allowed to arm themselves as protection against submarines?
Merchant Ships
