Aviation engines, design - construction - operation and repair; a complete, practical treatise outlining clearly the elements of internal combustion engineering with special reference to the design, construction, operation and repair of airplane power plants; also the auxiliary engine systems, such as lubrication, carburetion, ignition and cooling. It includes complete instructions for engine repairing and systematic location of troubles, tool equipment and use of tools, also outlines the latest mechanical processes (1917)
Pagé, Victor Wilfred, 1885-1947 · New York, The Norman W. Henley Publishing Company · leaf 124
ound the air opening, and whenthe engine inspires a charge it is saturated with gasolineglobules and is excessively rich. With a float-feed con-struction, which maintains a constant level of gasoline atthe right height in the standpipe, liquid fuel will only besupplied when drawn out of the jet by… … 2 o *2 *^ £ 3 124 Aviation Engines earliest Daimler engines. The general principles of opera-tion of this pioneer float-feed carburetor are shown atFig. 44, A. The mixing chamber and valve chamber were-one and the standpipe or jet protruded into the mixingchamber. It was connected to the float…
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