Headless engine

A headless engine is an engine where the end of the cylinder is cast as one piece with the block. [1] The most well known headless engines are the Fairbanks-Morse Z and the Witte Headless hit and miss engine[2]

An advertisement for a headless hit and miss engine.

References
  1. "Fairbanks Morse headless engine 1917". www.practicalmachinist.com.
  2. "Headless Witte Engines". www.oldengine.org.


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