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 276
ffin it is necessary to heat either the air or else the mixturevery considerably. The former is sometimes done by passingthe air through tubes heated to a high temperature by the hotexhaust gases circulating around them. This hot air is thenpassed over the paraffin jet, and the paraffin is carried… … Fig. 83.—Interior of White andPoppe Carburettor. 254 THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE [chap, viii hotter than is customary with petrol, and a less weighty chargeis therefore employed which leads to something like 10 or 15per cent, less horse-power being developed. When paraffinis used the compression…
Internal combustion engines
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