Practical hand book of gas, oil and steam engines, stationary, marine, traction; gas burners, oil burners, etc.; farm, traction, automobile, locomotive; a simple, practical and comprehensive book on the construction, operation and repair of all kinds of engines (1916)
Rathbun, John B. [from old catalog] · Chicago, Charles C. Thompson co · leaf 113
opening tnemain compressed air valve compressed air is admitted to twovalve boxes placed underneath the cam shaft, and the pressureof air raises the valves against their levers and cams. Shouldthe swell on the cam be opposite a lever as it will be in thecorrect starting position, the valve cannot… … Fig. 21-a. Section Through Cylinder of Fairbanks-Morse Type R EEngine, with Valves in the Head. ture on the second stroke and firing takes place immediately.When.the explgsion pressure fs greater than the air pressurethe check remains closed and no more starting air enters thecylinder. Governing is…
Internal combustion engines · Traction-engines
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