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 71
est way to accomplish this, is to wrapsubstances around the meter which are poor conductorsof heat, such as straw, hay, rags, cotton, and the like.Freezing of the water can also be prevented bv the addi- 72 GAS-ENGINES AND PRODUCERS tion of alcohol in the proportion of 2 pints per burner.The water… … Fig. 41.—Dry gas-meter. that the meter may not be attacked by the acids whichthe liquid sometimes contains. Dry Meters.—Dry meters are employed chiefly incold climates, where wet meters could be protected onlywith difficulty and where the water is likely to freeze.In the United States the dry meter…
Gas · Internal combustion engines
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