A practical treatise on modern gas and oil engines (1902)
Grover, Frederick · Manchester, The Technical Publishing Co., Limited; [etc., etc.] · leaf 67
I 5C TYPES OF GAS ENGI>ES. through the valve a. The gas port terminates in an annularspace, to facilitate the mixing with the air. The proportionof these valves is such as to admit a mixture of about fourvolumes of air to one of gas. This may be delivered to thereceiver, as previously mentioned,… … Fig. 36.—Pinkneys Self-starter for Gas Enginea. the handwheel h controls admission to the ignition tube,and the engine is arranged to fire only when the handwheel is turned. The valve e is held up to its seating by aspiral spring beneath it, and the spring is adjusted so thatthe valve e may open…
Internal combustion engines
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