Experimental engineering and manual for testing (1903)
Carpenter, Rolla C. (Rolla Clinton), 1852-1919 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 650
air enter, through separate inlets, the mixing-chamber M^from which the mixture flows through the port A^ and inlet-valve J into the cylinder as the piston is beginning a down-ward stroke at the commencement of a cycle of operation.The inlet-valve is opened once in two revolutions by themotion of… … FiG. 248^.—Section through Four-cycle Engine. stroke of the piston, the charge of gas and air is compressedin the cylinder. The charge is ignited by an electricalspark at about the time the compression is maximum andwhen both inlet- and exhaust-valves are closed. The ignitionis performed by an…
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