Wankel may refer to:
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Wankel engine
The Wankel engine (, ) is a type of internal combustion engine using an Eccentric (mechanism), eccentric rotary combustion engine, rotary design to convert pressure into rotating motion. It was invented by German engineer Felix Wankel, and desi ...
, a type of internal combustion engine using an eccentric rotary design instead of reciprocating pistons
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Wankel AG
Wankel AG is a German aircraft engine and automotive engine manufacturer based in Kirchberg, Saxony. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of Wankel engines for ultralight aircraft and also for kart racing cars.Tacke, Willi; Mar ...
, a German company that produces Wankel engines for ultralight aircraft and racing cars
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Charlotte Wankel
Charlotte Wankel (12 May 1888 – 2 August 1969) was a Norwegian painter regarded as one of the first Norwegian cubist and painters of abstract art.
Biography
Wankel was raised by wealthy parents at the Kambo estate outside Moss, in Østfold co ...
(1888–1969), Norwegian painter
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Felix Wankel
Felix Heinrich Wankel (; 13 August 1902 – 9 October 1988) was a German mechanical engineer and inventor after whom the Wankel engine was named.
Early life
Wankel was born in 1902 in Lahr in what was then the Grand Duchy of Baden in the Upper R ...
(1902–1988), German engineer; inventor of the Wankel engine
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Georg Reinholdt Wankel
Georg Reinholdt Wankel (12 January 1843 – 1 February 1907) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
He was born in Moss as the son of German-born engineer Ignatz Wankel (1806–1881) and his wife Karen Bolette Sandberg (1815–1898 ...
(1843–1907), Norwegian politician
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Heinrich Wankel Heinrich may refer to:
People
* Heinrich (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name)
* Heinrich (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
*Hetty (given name), a given name (including a list of peo ...
(1821–1897), Czech palaeontologist
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Wenkel Wenkel is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Max Wenkel (1864–1943), German automobile pioneer and inventor
*Ortrun Wenkel (born 1942), German operatic contralto
See also
*Wankel
*Wenzel Wenzel is a male given name (lon ...
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{{surname, Wankel
German-language surnames