Goldingham, Arthur Hugh. [from old catalog] · New York, Spon & Chamberlain; [etc., etc.] · leaf 164
required. A lighted taper is passed toand fro over the top of the oil as it becomes heated.When the vapor given off by the oil flashes the tem-perature is noted, and that is termed the flashingpoint of the oil thus tested. The Abel oil-tester is shown at Fig. 46b. This TESTING ENGINES. 91 was… … Fig. 46. The device consists of a copper vessel containing waterin which is an air-chamber. In the air-chamber isplaced an oil-cup made of gun-metal. This oil-cup issupplied with tight-fitting lid, and is provided with gas 92 OIL ENGINES. or oil lamp suitably arranged to ignite the oil vaporwhen…
Internal combustion engines
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