Modern mechanism, exhibiting the latest progress in machines, motors, and the transmission of power, being a supplementary volume to Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics (1892)
Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 290
Vm. 3. -Kollason gas-engine. ENGINES, GAS AND OIL. 269 center of the cylinder until the piston stops, and then it divides and flows back along thewalls. This portion, which is diluted with the air in the combustion-chamber, is congregatedround the tiring-port, while the richer part of the charge is… … h k\j. 4.—iiuilas.ju teas eiij^iiie. weaker part is ignited first, and the velocity of combustion increases as it approaches thericher part. Prof. A. B. W. Kennedy, of London, made in 1888 a test of this engine undervarying conditions, and his report of its performance is published in Engineering,…
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