George Brayton designed the first continuous combustion engine, known as the Brayton engine, in the 1860s. The Brayton engine introduced the Brayton cycle of continuous combustion that became the basis for gas turbine development. A Brayton-type engine consists of an air compressor, mixing chamber, and expander. The Brayton cycle uses four thermodynamic processes - two constant pressure and two reversible adiabatic processes - and is now used in gas turbines where compression and expansion occur via rotating machinery.