...that the first rickshaw was invented in 1869 by an American Baptist minister, the Rev. E. Jonathan Scobie, to transport his invalid wife around the streets of Yokohama?
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7363756 | Method for combustion of a fuel In a method for the combustion of a fuel, a fuel or a premixed combustible mixture is introduced into a combustion space as a combustible fluid open jet. The velocity of the open jet is selected in such a way that it is impossible for a stable flame front to form, i... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7107774 | Method and apparatus for combined cycle power plant operation Methods and apparatus are disclosed for starting up a combined cycle plant using a startup duct to connect an auxiliary engine to the inlet of a plurality of HRSGs or other heat recovery systems. Each HRSG is fed by a combustion turbine. Dampers are supplied to isol... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6725665 | Method of operation of gas turbine having multiple burners The invention provides a method of operating a gas turbine arranged in a power generation system and comprising a source of compressed air, a combustor having a combustion chamber and multiple burners. A gas turbine controller controls the activation and deactivatio... | 04/27/2004 |
| 5899074 | Gas turbine combustor and operation method thereof for a diffussion burner and surrounding premixing burners separated by a partition A gas turbine combustor having a fuel injection nozzle for diffusion combustion disposed in a central portion of the combustor and an annular premixed nozzle disposed in an outer peripheral portion of the fuel injection nozzle for injecting a mixed gas of... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5412938 | Combustion chamber of a gas turbine having premixing and catalytic burners A combination of pre-mixing burners and catalytic supported and preferably gas-operated burners is disposed in a combustion chamber for gas turbines, wherein the main combustion is performed by the pre-mixing burners. The pre-mixing burners and the cataly... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5201798 | Multifunction integrated power unit and power transfer apparatus therefor A multifunction integrated power unit (MIPU) (10) for use aboard aircraft provides the functions both of an auxiliary power unit and of an emergency power unit while being smaller, lighter, and less expensive than the two units it replaces. Additionally, ... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5069031 | Gas turbine engine stored energy combustion system Improved starting for turbine engines operating at low fuel flows and at high altitudes is accomplished in an engine 10 having an annular combustion 12 by utilizing a stored energy combustion system 28 which includes a source of oxidant 36 and a fuel sour... | 12/03/1991 |
| 4423332 | Portable solid fuel electric power plant for electrical powered vehicles Combustion of fragmented slow-burning solid fuel, such as wood fragments, in the combustion chamber of a portable combustion receptacle or pressure vessel mounted on the rear of a hybrid vehicle, is initiated by igniting in the combustion chamber combusti... | 12/27/1983 |