A practical treatise on modern gas and oil engines (1902)
Grover, Frederick · Manchester, The Technical Publishing Co., Limited; [etc., etc.] · leaf 53
lve F, up into the ignitiontube, downwards as indicated by the arrows, and out at A. 42 TYPES OF GAS ENGINES. This stream of air and gas continues until the mixturebecomes rich enough in gas to explode. The engine willthen start, and receive its next charge of gas through themain gas valve… … Fig, 26.—rftockport Gas Engine—Governing Arrangement. in attempting to start, the gas enters the cylinder veryrapidly, it may displace all the air first and not be sufficientlydiftused to efiect combustion when it passes into the hottube. For this reason the gas is not turned fully on to thegas…
Internal combustion engines
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