A practical treatise on modern gas and oil engines (1902)
Grover, Frederick · Manchester, The Technical Publishing Co., Limited; [etc., etc.] · leaf 98
-starter. It differs from that already describedin the construction of the automatic valve. Eeferring tofig. 62, the passage marked 17 communicates directly -withthe combustion chamber. The valve B is cylindrical, andhollowed out to the point C, but solid at the lower end.The holes 4i, 4, when the… … Fig. 62.—Greens Self-starter for Gas Engines. bums with a dark blue flame, the gas supply to thecombustion chamber is shut ofi, the flame strikes backthrough the passages 4,18,17, and ignites the charge in thecombustion chamber. The pressure thus generated forcesup the valve B, thereby closing the…
Internal combustion engines
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