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 263
sier to work amarine engine on paraffin than a land one, as in the formerthe starting torque required is very slight, and the speed atwhich the engine runs is much more even. There are, inshort, no hills to climb. The Thornycroft engine is illustrated in Figs. 71 and 72,and the following… … half of the bed-plate, and large doors being fitted in the upperhalf to enable adjustments to be made to the bearingsetc. It will also be noticed that the engine is substanti-ally built and suitable for heavy continuous running atfull power. The cylinders M are cast in pairs with large…
Internal combustion engines
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