Aviation engines; design--construction--operation and repair; (1919)
Pagé, Victor Wilfred, 1885-1947 · New York, The Norman W. Henley publishing co. · leaf 472
ng tothe radial arrangement of the cylinders, the weight is but4% pounds per B. H. P. construction or eakly gnome motor It cannot be denied that for a time one of the mostwidely used of aeroplane motors was the seven-cylinderrevolving air-cooled Gnome, made in France. For a totalweight of 167… … 473 474 Aviation Engines engineers have produced a nine-cylinder and by combi-ning two single engines a fourteen-cylinder revolvingGnome, having a nominal rating of 100 horse-power, withwhich worlds speed records were broken. A still morepowerful engine has been made with eighteen-cylinders.The…
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