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 43
-ENGINES AND PRODUCERS so as to rest solidly on the ground. This essential con-dition is often fulfilled at the cost of the engines ap-pearance; but appearance will be willingly sacrificedto meet one of the requirements of perfect operation.For engines of more than 8 to lo horse-power, framesshould… … Fig. 25.—Engine with inclined bearings. and to strength of construction, and employ the designillustrated in place of the crank-shaft bearing (Fig.25) ; others, in order to facilitate the adjusting of theconnecting-rod bearings, prefer the second form (Fig.26). It is evident that, in the first…
Gas · Internal combustion engines
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