Engine.—This engine is the design, of Laurent- 132 THE AEROPLANE. Sequin, and it is manufactured by the Gauthier Company.Each cylinder, with its radiator fin, is machined out of a solidbar of steel. The lower end of the cylinder fits in a correspond-ing hole in the crank chamber, and projects a… … Fig. 57.—.50 H.P. Gnome engine. fixed crankshaft has a single throw, to which only one connect-ing rod is attached. The remaining connecting rods work onpins let through the big end of the main connecting rod. Theexplosive mixture is led from the carburettor through thehollow shaft into the…
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