Assertion: watt's steam engine | /r/CapableOf | give way
Facets:
value: to the internal-combustion engine
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: as a means of vehicle propulsion
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Though the steam engine gave way to the internal-combustion engine as a means of vehicle propulsion, interest in it revived in the second half of the 20th century because of increasing air-pollution problems caused by the burning of fossil fuels in internal-combustion engines.