Bacon, John Baptiste Ford · San Francisco, P. Elder and company · leaf 128
er whentheir respective cylinders are directly abovethe single crank pin. If an explosion occurswithin a cylinder when it is at top position theeffect will be to increase the combustion spaceby revolving the cylinder farther away fromthe crank pin, which allows the piston to moveaway from the… … \ \ \ / \ V / DIAGRAM TO ILLUSTRATE THE PRINCIPLEOF A ROTARY ENGINE ROTARY ENGINES parent that rotary engines will differ fromfixed cylinder engines in the manner of sup-port, the way the cylinders are retained, theway the gasoline mixture is supplied to thecylinders, the way the valves are…
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