A manual of the mechanics of engineering and of the construction of machines. Designed as a text-book for technical schools and colleges, and for the use of engineers, architects, etc. (1878)
Weisbach, Julius Ludwig, 1806-1871, Du Bois, A. Jay (Augustus Jay), 1849-1915, Buel, Richard H. (Richard Hooker), b. 1842 · New York. J. Wiley & Sons, 1878- · leaf 555
linder. Uponignition, a part of the oxygen of the air unites with thecarbon of the carbonic acid and another portion with thehydrogen of the gas, forming water, and the heat gen-erated takes effect partly as work upon the piston andpartly upon the water which circulates around the cylin-der at H,… … In Hugons gas engine, of which Fig. 814, I., II., III.,gives a representation, the gas mixture is ignited by twoburners carried by the distribution valve, which in certainpositions of the valve pass before two other fi.Ked burners. A small quantity of water is introduced at each stroke,by which not…
Mechanics, Applied · Mechanical engineering
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