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 38
s of motors the author has dweltupon the precautions that should be taken to forestall apossible derangement of the ignition apparatus. As ageneral rule the ignition apparatus installed by trust-worthy manufacturers will be found best suited for therequirements of the engine. The apparatus should… … Fig. 20.—Design of the piston. heated to a high temperature. The rear face of thepiston should preferably be plane. Curved surfacesare not to be recommended because thev cool ofifbadly. Likewise, faces having either inserted partsor bolt-heads are to be avoided, since they are liable tobecome…
Gas · Internal combustion engines
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