A practical treatise on modern gas and oil engines (1902)
Grover, Frederick · Manchester, The Technical Publishing Co., Limited; [etc., etc.] · leaf 52
te. Messrs. Andrews maketheir ignition tubes of a special alloy of silver, which theymaintain will resist the corrosive action of the explosivegases at high temperatures. The valve A, fig. 23, is of specialuse to assist the self starting of the engine. This is done inthe following way. The engine… … Fio. 25.—Stockiiovt Gas Engine—Section of Cylinder End. a, few trials will enable the attendant to secure the bestposition for a given case. The exhaust valve lever is gearedto the starting cam to prevent excessive compression atstarting. After taking the precaution to admit gas gradu-ally to the…
Internal combustion engines
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