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 125
ear of the reciprocating increases the effi-ciency of the sleeve instead of destroying it. With poppetvalves at high speeds, the valves do not seat properly in rela- 120 GAS, OIL AND STEAM ENGINES tion to the crank position owing to the inertia of the valvesand to the gradual weakening of the valve… … Fig. 28. Section Through Knight Motor Showing the Sleeves, Eccen-trics, and Automatic Adjustment for Lubrication. Inlet is at theRight, Exhaust at the Left. as they are positively driven through a crank and connectingrod. At high engine speeds the velocity of the exhaust and inletgases is very high…
Internal combustion engines · Traction-engines
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