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 64
. • These systems are now almost generally supplantedby the compressed-air system, which is simpler, lessdangerous, and more certain in its effect. The elements comprising the system in question in-clude essentially a reservoir of thick sheet iron, capableof resisting a pressure of 180 to 225… … Fig. 39.—Tang)-c starter. the reservoir is charged by the engine itself operativelyconnected with the compressor, or by an independentcompressor, mechanically operated. In the first case, the pipe is provided with a stop-cock, mounted adjacent to the cylinder, and with acheck-valve. When the engine…
Gas · Internal combustion engines
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