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1893 Hornsby–Akroyd oil engine at the museum of Lincolnshire life, Lincoln, England 14 hp Hornsby–Akroyd oil engine at the Great Dorset Steam Fair in 2008. The Hornsby–Akroyd oil engine, named after its inventor Herbert Akroyd Stuart and the manufacturer Richard Hornsby & Sons, was the first successful design of an internal combustion engine using heavy oil as a fuel.
Akroyd-Stuart's engines were built from 26 June 1891 by Richard Hornsby and Sons as the Hornsby Akroyd Patent Oil Engine under licence and were first sold commercially on 8 July 1892. It was the first internal combustion engine to use a pressurised fuel injection system.
Richard Hornsby & Sons was an engine and machinery manufacturer in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England from 1828 until 1918. The company was a pioneer in the manufacture of the oil engine developed by Herbert Akroyd Stuart , which was marketed under the Hornsby-Akroyd name.
Hot-bulb engine (two-stroke). 1. Hot bulb. 2. Cylinder. 3. Piston. 4. Crankcase Old Swedish hot-bulb engine in action. The hot-bulb engine, also known as a semi-diesel [1] or Akroyd engine, is a type of internal combustion engine in which fuel ignites by coming in contact with a red-hot metal surface inside a bulb, followed by the introduction of air (oxygen) compressed into the hot-bulb ...
Richard Hornsby (Elsham in Lincolnshire 4 June 1790 – 6 January 1864) was an inventor and founder of a major agricultural machinery firm that developed steam engines. His firm also developed early diesels and caterpillar tracks. He came from a farming family, the son of William Hornsby and his wife Sarah. Hornsby kerosene locomotive "Lachesis ...
A tractor devised by R. Hornsby & Sons Ltd with a twin cylinder Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine was the only vehicle to enter the trial. This not only met but exceeded the requirements of the War Office and was duly awarded the £1000 first prize, plus a bonus of £180 for completing 58 miles without refueling (18 miles further than required earning ...
Exports were also made to Argentina, Chile and Australia. In 1918 it merged with the established Richard Hornsby & Sons company from Grantham, Lincolnshire to become Ruston and Hornsby. That company later merged with Bucyrus-Erie and Ruston-Bucyrus was established in 1930.
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