The modern gas tractor, its construction, utility, operation and repair; a practical treatise defining every branch of up-to-date gas tractor engineering, driving and maintenance in a non-technical manner. Considers fully all types of power plants and their components, methods of drive and speed changing mechanisms. Describes design and construction of all parts, their installation and adjustment as well as practical application of tractors in the field (1914)
Pagé, Victor Wilfred, 1885-1947 · New York : Norman W. Henley · leaf 135
the pistons be free in the The Modern (Jas Tractor 141 cylinders they are usually machined several thousandthsof an inch smaller than the cylinder bore in order toleave sufficient clearance between the piston and cylinderwalls for a film of oil and to allow for expansion due toheat. To make a… … Fig. 46.—Piston With Packing Rings Removed. contact with the cylinder and the split-piston rings areresilient so that they conform to irregularities in cylinderbore there is but little friction between properly fittedrings and the cylinder wall. The piston is free to moveup and down in the cylinder…
Farm engines · Internal combustion engines
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