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Bore and Stroke: 146 mm (5.8 in.) x 165 mm (6.5 in.) Following World War I, French Gnome-Rhone ended its production of rotary engines, and began building radial engines under license from English ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Pierre Clerget was inspired by the Gnome to produce a supposedly improved rotary engine in 1911. It was a 7-cylinder, ...