A practical treatise on modern gas and oil engines (1902)
Grover, Frederick · Manchester, The Technical Publishing Co., Limited; [etc., etc.] · leaf 296
necessary for thecharge is drawn over the vaporising surfaces and enters thecylinder direct. In figs. 126, 127 and 128, there are separate LENOIR ENGINE. 285. chambers wherein the oil gas is formed, but in fig. 130 theoil is pamped directly into the space formed at the back ofthe cylinder, and the… … Fio. 130.—Longitudinal section of Spiel engine. The earliest oil engines worked with the light oils, suchas gasolene, which vaporise at ordinary atmospherictemperatures. The method of working was to cause air topass through scattered particles of the oil, and thus becomesaturated with oil vapour.…
Internal combustion engines
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