Gas-engines and producer-gas plants; a practice treatise setting forth the principles of gas-engines and producer design, the selection and installation of an engine, conditions of perfect operation, producer-gas engines and their possibilities, the care of gas-engines and producer-gas plants, with a chapter on volatile hydrocarbon and oil engines (1905)
Mathot, Rodolphe Edgard, 1866- · New York N.W. Henley Pub. Co · leaf 34
5.—General view and details of a magneto ignition apparatus. ing spark is produced, which is very much moreenergetic than that of a battery and induction-coil, andwhich surely ignites the gaseous mixture in the cylin-der. The terminals are generally of steel, sometimespointed with nickel or… … Fig. i6.—Contacts of a magneto-igniter. batteries. In general, electrical ignition is to be rec-ommended for high-pressure engines. In order to explain more clearly modern methods ofignition a diagram is presented, showing an electric
Gas · Internal combustion engines
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