Handbook for the use of electricians in the operation and care of electrical machinery and apparatus of the U.S. seacoast defenses (1902)
United States. War Dept, Anderson, George Lucius, 1849-1934 · Washington, Govt. Print. Off. · leaf 40
— First stroke.—^Admission (or suction). During the first outward stroke air isdrawn into the cylinder and a thin, momentary jet of kerosene oil is sprayedinto the adjoining hot combustion chamber or vaporizer (fig. 36a). Second stroke.—Compression. In the following inward stroke the air is… … c^-xx»^>^ Beau de Rochas Cycle of H and most Explosive Engines. Third stroke.—Explosion plus expansion of the gas through the neck into thechamber then drives the piston outward with a maximum pressure of 130poiinds per square inch and a mean of 40 to 75 pounds.
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