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British jet planes: 1. How jet engines work. In its simplest form the jet engine works roughly as follows: At the front end is a rotary air compressor by which air is sucked in, compressed, and forced into a series of combustion chambers. At the same time kerosene is sprayed into the combustion chambers, where the air and kerosene vapours burn continuously. The resulting gases escape rearwards, on their way rotating the turbine, which by means of a shaft drives the air compressor

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Title: British jet planes: 1. How jet engines work. In its simplest form the jet engine works roughly as follows: At the front end is a rotary air compressor by which air is sucked in, compressed, and forced into a series of combustion chambers. At the same time kerosene is sprayed into the combustion chambers, where the air and kerosene vapours burn continuously. The resulting gases escape rearwards, on their way rotating the turbine, which by means of a shaft drives the air compressor
Creator: Great Britain. Central Office of Information
Date Created and/or Issued: 1945?
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution
Collection: Hoover Institution Digital Collections
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Type: image
Identifier: XX343.20922
Relation: Poster collection

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