The design and construction of oil engines; (1900)
Goldingham, Arthur Hugh. [from old catalog] · New York, Spon & Chamberlain; [etc., etc.] · leaf 52
single-cylinderfour-cycle explosive engines, hence the necessity of thevery heavy fly-wheels in order to maintain a steadyspeed of the crank-shaft. The function of the fly- 36 OIL ENGINES. wheel, it may be said, is to store up the energy im-parted during the explosion period and pay it out… … Fig. i 6. are now building their larger engines provided withone heavy fly-wTheel only, a separate outside bearingbeing fitted in that case. The diameter of the fly-wheel is usually such that theperipheral speed is from 4000 to 5000 ft. per minute;6000 ft. is considered the maximum allowable speed.…
Internal combustion engines
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