Aviation engines; design--construction--operation and repair; (1919)
Pagé, Victor Wilfred, 1885-1947 · New York, The Norman W. Henley publishing co. · leaf 219
chap-ters that the power of an internal-combustion motor isobtained by the rapid combustion and consequent ex-pansion of some inflammable gas. The operation inbrief is that when air or any other gas or vapor isheated, it will expand and that if this gas is confinedin a space which will not permit… … Fig. 80 Why Pressure Feed System is Best for Eight-Cylinder Vee Airplane Engines. Why Cooling Systems are Needed 221 confines. Pressure in a gas may be created by increasingits temperature and inversely heat may be created bypressure. When a gas is compressed its total volume isreduced and the…
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