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 319
(Constable & Co.). _ i THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE [chap, ix which oppose the motion of the car. and the needle points to thefigure on the scale showing the number of pounds per ton of resistance at any moment. Such devices are called acceler-ometers because they were first introduced for… … Fig. 102.—Accelerometer. into the form gross-ton-miles-per-gallon of fuel. i.e.. theproduct of miles rim per gallon by the total moving weightin tons. This figure affords a useful comparison of car withcar provided that care is taken to measure during the run theaverage amount of the resistance…
Internal combustion engines
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