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The internal combustion engine; being a text book on gas, oil and petrol engines, for the use of students and engineers (1909)

Wimperis, Harry Egerton, 1876- · New York, Van Nostrand · leaf 273

An illustration from The internal combustion engine; being a text book on gas, oil and petrol engines, for the use of students and engineers, 1909, leaf 273 — ch illustrates the carburettor used on the Lanchesterengine. The principle of its working is obvious from the 252 THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE diagram. The air passing over a large petrol-soaked surfacetakes up petrol vapour. All the carburettors described workbest with a certain velocity of flow… … Fig. 85.—Krebs Carburettor, in which the opening to the extra air supplyis controlled by the suction of the engine. It works excellently. air be increased it is found that too much petrol is takenup, so it is customary to arrange for only part of the airto pass the jet (say) and for the rest to be…

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