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The Kingston Memorial Centre (originally the Kingston Community War Memorial Arena) is a 3,300-seat multi-purpose arena in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It was built in 1950. The Memorial Centre has a large ice pad, outdoor pool, softball diamonds and a cinder track, and was the home to the Kingston Frontenacs ice hockey team from 1973-2008. Just east of the arena is the International Hockey Hall of Fame. The Kingston Memorial Centre hosts the annual Kingston Fall Fair.

In May 2006, Kingston city council announced that they would be building a new downtown arena named the K-Rock Centre to replace the Memorial Centre. The Frontenacs played their final game at the Memorial Centre on February 15, 2008, as they defeated the London Knights 6-4. The last goal in Memorial Centre OHL history was scored by #14 Kyle Paige of the Kingston Frontenacs.

Starting in 2008, the Memorial Centre will be the permanent home of the Queen's Golden Gaels hockey teams.

External links

Kingston Memorial Centre The OHL Arena & Travel Guide
Memorable Memorial Centre Concerts www.thewhig.com

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+[[Image:Kingston Memorial Centre exterior.jpg|thumb|Exterior of Memorial Centre.]]
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-An '''engine''' is a mechanical device that produces some form of output from a given input.
+The '''Kingston Memorial Centre''' (originally the Kingston Community War Memorial Arena) is a 3,300-seat multi-purpose [[arena]] in [[Kingston, Ontario]], [[Canada]]. It was built in 1950. The Memorial Centre has a large ice pad, outdoor pool, softball diamonds and a cinder track, and was the home to the [[Kingston Frontenacs]] [[ice hockey]] team from 1973-2008. Just east of the arena is the [[International Hockey Hall of Fame]]. The Kingston Memorial Centre hosts the annual Kingston Fall Fair.
-An engine whose purpose is to produce [[kinetic energy]] output from a [[fuel|fuel source]] is called a [[Wiktionary:prime mover|prime mover]]; alternatively, a [[motor]] is a device which produces kinetic energy from a preprocessed "fuel" (such as electricity, a flow of hydraulic fluid or compressed air).
+In [[May 2006]], Kingston city council announced that they would be building a new downtown arena named the [[K-Rock Centre]] to replace the Memorial Centre. The Frontenacs played their final game at the Memorial Centre on [[February 15]], [[2008]], as they defeated the [[London Knights]] 6-4.  The last goal in Memorial Centre OHL history was scored by #14 Kyle Paige of the Kingston Frontenacs.
-A [[motor car]] (automobile) has a starter motor and motors to drive pumps (fuel, power steering, etc) – but the power plant that propels the car is called an engine. The term 'motor' was originally used to distinguish the new [[internal combustion engine]] -powered vehicles from earlier vehicles powered by a [[steam engine]] (as in [[steamroller|steam roller]] and [[road roller|motor roller]]).
+Starting in 2008, the Memorial Centre will be the permanent home of the [[Queen's Golden Gaels]] hockey teams.
-[[Military]] engines included [[siege engine]]s, large [[catapult]]s, [[trebuchet]]s and [[battering ram]]s.
-==The usage of the term "Engine"==
-Originally an engine was a mechanical device that converted force into motion. Military devices such as [[catapult]]s are referred to as ''[[siege engine]]s''. The term "gin" as in [[cotton gin]] is recognised as a short form of the [[Old French]] word ''[[wikt:engin|engin]]'', in turn from the [[Latin]] ''ingenium'', related to ''[[wikt:ingenious|ingenious]]''. Most devices used in the [[industrial revolution]] were referred to as an engine, and this is where the [[steam engine]] gained its name.
-In more modern usage, the term is used to describe devices that perform [[mechanical work]], follow-ons to the original steam engine. In most cases the work is supplied by exerting a [[torque]], which is used to operate other machinery, generate [[electricity]], [[pump]] water or [[gas compressor|compressed gas]]. In the context of propulsion systems, an air breathing engine is one that uses atmospheric air to oxidise the [[fuel]] carried, rather than carrying an oxidiser, as in a [[rocket]].
-The term is used in [[computer science]] in "[[Search engine (computing)|search engine]]", "3-D graphics [[game engine]]", "[[rendering engine]]" and "[[speech synthesis|text-to-speech engine]]", even though these "engines" are not mechanical and cause no mechanical action (this usage may have been inspired by the "[[difference engine]]", an early mechanical computing device{{Fact|date=August 2008}}).
-===Antiquity===
-[[Simple machine]]s, such as [[mace (club)|club]] and [[oar]] (examples of the [[lever]]), are [[Prehistory|prehistoric]]. More complex engines using [[Manual labour|human power]], [[Working animals|animal power]], [[Water wheel|water power]], [[Windmill|wind power]] and even [[Steam engine|steam power]] date back to antiquity. Human power was focused by the use of simple engines, such as the [[Capstan (nautical)|capstan]], [[windlass]] or [[treadmill]], and with [[rope]]s, [[pulley]]s, and [[block and tackle]] arrangements, this power was transmitted and multiplied. These were used in [[Crane (machine)|cranes]] and aboard [[ship]]s in [[Ancient Greece]], and in [[Mining|mine]]s, [[Pump|water pump]]s and [[siege engines]] in [[Ancient Rome]]. The writers of those times, including [[Vitruvius]], [[Frontinus]] and [[Pliny the Elder]], treat these engines as commonplace, so their invention may be far more ancient. By the 1st century AD, various breeds of [[cattle]] and [[horse]]s were used in [[Mill (grinding)|mill]]s, using machines similar to those powered by humans in earlier times.
-According to [[Strabo]], a water powered mill was built in Kaberia in the [[Parthian Empire|kingdom of Mithridates]] in the 1st century BC. Use of [[water wheel]]s in mills spread throughout the [[Roman Empire]] over the next few centuries. Some were quite complex, with [[aqueduct]]s, [[dam]]s, and [[sluice]]s to maintain and channel the water, and systems of [[gears]], or toothed-wheels made of wood with metal, used to regulate the speed of rotation. In a poem by [[Ausonius]] in the 4th century, he mentions a stone-cutting saw powered by water. [[Hero of Alexandria]] demonstrated both [[wind]] and [[steam]] powered machines in the 1st century, although it is not known if these were put to any use.
-===Medieval===
-During the [[Muslim Agricultural Revolution]] from the 7th to 13th centuries, [[Inventions in the Muslim world|Muslim engineers]] developed numerous innovative [[Industry|industrial]] uses of [[hydropower]], early industrial uses of [[tidal power]], [[wind power]], and [[fossil fuel]]s such as [[petroleum]], and the earliest large [[factory]] complexes (''tiraz'' in Arabic).<ref>Maya Shatzmiller (1994), ''Labour in the Medieval Islamic World'', p. 36, [[Brill Publishers]], ISBN 9004098968.</ref> The industrial uses of [[watermill]]s in the Islamic world date back to the 7th century, while horizontal-[[Water wheel|wheeled]] and vertical-wheeled water mills were both in widespread use since at least the 9th century. A variety of industrial mills were invented in the Islamic world, including [[fulling]] mills, [[gristmill]]s, [[huller]]s, [[paper mill]]s, [[sawmill]]s, [[ship]] mills, [[stamp mill]]s, [[steel mill]]s, [[Sugar refinery|sugar refineries]], [[tide mill]]s, and [[windmill]]s. By the 11th century, every province throughout the Islamic world had these industrial mills in operation, from the [[Middle East]] and [[Central Asia]] to [[al-Andalus]] and [[North Africa]].<ref name = "Lucas">Adam Robert Lucas (2005), "Industrial Milling in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds: A Survey of the Evidence for an Industrial Revolution in Medieval Europe", ''Technology and Culture'' '''46''' (1), pp. 1–30 [10].</ref>
-Muslim engineers also invented [[crankshaft]]s and [[water turbine]]s, employed [[gear]]s in mills and water-raising [[machine]]s, and pioneered the use of [[dam]]s as a source of water power to provide additional power to watermills and water-raising machines.<ref name=Hassan>[[Ahmad Y Hassan]], [http://www.history-science-technology.com/Articles/articles%2071.htm Transfer Of Islamic Technology To The West, Part II: Transmission Of Islamic Engineering]</ref> Such advances made it possible for many industrial tasks that were previously driven by [[manual labour]] in [[ancient times]] to be [[Mechanization|mechanized]] and driven by [[machine]]ry to some extent in the [[Islamic Golden Age|medieval Islamic world]]. The transfer of these technologies to medieval Europe later laid the foundations for the [[Industrial Revolution]] in 18th century Europe.<ref name = "Lucas" />
-In 1206, [[al-Jazari]] invented the [[crankshaft]] and [[connecting rod]], and employed them in a crank-connecting rod system for two of his water-raising machines. His invention of the crankshaft is considered one of the most important mechanical inventions after the [[wheel]], as it transforms continuous [[rotary engine|rotary motion]] into a linear [[reciprocating engine|reciprocating motion]], and is central to modern machinery such as the [[steam engine]] and the [[internal combustion engine]].<ref>[[Ahmad Y Hassan]]. [http://www.history-science-technology.com/Notes/Notes%203.htm The Crank-Connecting Rod System in a Continuously Rotating Machine].</ref> In 1551, [[Taqi al-Din]] invented a practical [[steam turbine]] as a [[wiktionary:prime mover|prime mover]] for rotating a [[Spit (cooking aide)|spit]]. A similar steam turbine later appeared in Europe a century later, which eventually led to the [[steam engine]] and Industrial Revolution in 18th century Europe.<ref>[[Ahmad Y Hassan]] (1976). ''Taqi al-Din and Arabic Mechanical Engineering'', pp. 34–5. Institute for the History of Arabic Science, [[University of Aleppo]].</ref>
-==Air-breathing engines==
-[[Air-breathing engine]]s are [[internal combustion engine]]s that use the [[oxygen]] in atmospheric air to [[oxidise]] ('burn') the fuel carried, rather than carrying an [[oxidiser]], as in a [[rocket]]. Theoretically, this should result in a better [[specific impulse]] than for rocket engines.
-Air-breathing engines include:
-*[[Reciprocating engine]]
-*[[Gas turbine]]
-:[[Jet engine]]
-:[[Turboprop|Turbo-propeller engine]]
-*[[IRIS engine]]
-*[[Pulse detonation engine]]
-*[[Pulse jet]]
-*[[Ramjet]]
-*[[Scramjet]]
-*[[Liquid air cycle engine]]/[[SABRE]]
-==Environmental effects==
-{{Expand|section|date=June 2008}}
-Operation of engines typically has a negative impact upon [[air quality]] and ambient sound levels.  Although, exhaust contains mostly harmless nitrogen, water vapor, and carbon dioxide; unwanted gases such as carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and nitrogen oxides make up only a small part of engine exhaust. In the case of sound levels engine operation is of greatest impact with respect to mobile sources such as [[automobile]]s and trucks.  Engine noise is a particularly large component of mobile source noise for vehicles operating at lower speeds, where aerodynamic and tyre noise is less significant.<ref>[http://www.springerlink.com/content/x1707075n815g604/  C. Michael Hogan, '' Analysis of Highway Noise'', Journal of Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, Vol. 2, No 3, Biomedical and Life Sciences and Earth and Environmental Science Issue, Pages 387-392, Sept., 1973, Springer Verlag, Netherlands ISSN 0049-6979]</ref>
-==References==
-{{reflist}}
-* J. G. Landels, ''Engineering in the Ancient World'', ISBN
--520-04127-5
-==See also==
-<div style="-moz-column-count:2; column-count:2;">
-*[[Machine]]
-*[[Timeline of motor and engine technology]]
-*[[Timeline of heat engine technology]]
-*[[Motor]]
-*[[Multifuel]]
-*[[Turbine]]
-**[[Gas turbine]]
-**[[Water turbine]]
-*[[Heat engine]]
-**[[Reciprocating engine]]
-**[[External combustion engine]]
-***[[Steam engine]]
-***[[Steam turbine]]
-***[[Stirling engine]]
-**[[Internal combustion engine]]
-***[[Rocket]]
-***[[Hot bulb engine]]
-***[[Diesel engine]]
-***[[Gasoline engine]]
-***[[HCCI|HCCI engine]]
-***[[IRIS engine]]
-*[[Spacecraft propulsion]]
-*[[Aircraft engine]]
-*[[Air engine]]
-*[[Car engine]]
-*[[Motorcycle engine]]
-*[[Model engine]]
-*[[Outboard motor]]
-*[[Engine test stand]]
-</div>
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-{{Machine configurations|state=uncollapsed}}
 ==External links==
+* [http://www.ohlarenaguide.com/fronts.htm Kingston Memorial Centre] The OHL Arena & Travel Guide
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+* [http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=911367 Memorable Memorial Centre Concerts] www.thewhig.com
-*[http://auto.howstuffworks.com/engine.htm How stuff works: Cars Engines]
-*[http://www.keveney.com/Engines.html Engines working. Animation]
-*[http://www.glue-it.co.uk/engines/manufacturers-list.html Aircraft Engine Photographic Reference] – ''includes specifications''
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