Ferris, Richard. [from old catalog] · New York, T. Nelson and sons · leaf 204
ing than those of stur-dier build. One of the items in the weight of an engine hasbeen the fly-wheel found necessary on all motors of4 cylinders or less to give steadiness to the run- FLYING MACHINES: MOTORS. 203 ning. With a larger number of cylinders, and a con-sequently larger number of impulses… … The Emerson 6-cylinder aviation engine, of the tandem type, water-cooled;60 horse-power; made at Alexandria, Va. The tandem type has the cylinders standing up-right in a row, one behind another. There may beas many as eight in a row. The Curtiss and Wrightengines are examj^les. Another type is the…
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