rotative

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They also create rotative engine discs by carving out large pieces of titanium and other metals.

From Washington Times • Dec. 23, 2020

In fifth place, with 10% of the votes, was the Crossness Engine House, and the James Watt rotative beam engine.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2014

In 1816 Clegg obtained a patent for a horizontal rotating retort; for an apparatus for purifying coal-gas with "cream of lime"; and for a rotative gas-meter.

From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew

From the first, the rotative engines were made double-acting—that is, work was done by steam alternately in each end of the cylinder.

From Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt by Ferguson, Eugene S.

Rotatory engines have not hitherto been very successful, so that only the single acting or pumping engine, and the double acting or rotative engine can be said to be in actual use.

From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by Bourne, John, C.E.