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
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. … 26a. Fourth stroke.—Exhaust of the products of combustion from the cylinder intothe exhaust chamber and pipe occiirs during the next inward stroke, or finalcycle. During the first outstroke the thin stream of oil is instantly vaporized onstriking the heated interior surface of the vaporizer, and…
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