The internal combustion engine; a text-book for the use of students and engineers (1915)
Wimperis, Harry Egerton, 1876- · New York, D. Van Nostrand company · leaf 262
ll show that the gas standard effi-ciency for a similar compression ratio, of about 12, is 52 per cent.The Diesel engine may be made two-stroke or four-strokeas desired; in the former case it is easily made reversible, chap, viii] OIL AND PETROL ENGINES 239 which for marine work is convenient. Any… … i\f )Siarting VesselVjy Pressure Fig. 70a.—Side view of Engine shown in Fig. 70. 148. The Thornycroft marine engine can be operated witheither petrol or paraffin. It is, of course, easier to work amarine engine on paraffin than a land one, as in the formerthe starting torque required is very…
Internal combustion engines
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