Audels answers on automobiles, for owners, operators, repairmen ... including chapters on the storage battery, electric vehicles, motor cycles, overhauling the car, etc. Fully illustrated and indexed (1911)
Booth, Charles Edwin, b. 1849 · London, New York, T. Audel & co · leaf 394
When a battery is used, a contact maker isprovided for controlling the primary current. The contact maker is attached to the cam shaft of the engineand the time of spark is regulated by rotating it around the camshaft. Timing devices of this class are fully described in the chap-ter on ignition and… … Fig. 273.—Valve gear of the Indian motor cycle. As shown in the illus-tration, the inlet valve of the front cylinder is about to close, while the exhaustvalve of the rear cyhnder has just opened. It will be seen that the revolvingcam acts on the end of a cam lever, while the cam upon the lever…
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