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 155
s in the hands of unskilled tracklaborers. As there is no water to freeze or leak, and as thelubricant is mixed with gasoline, the car needs very little moreattention than the old type hand car. The car is started by opening the gasoline supply cock, clos-ing the ignition switch, and pushing the… … Fig. 56. Two Stroke Cycle Fairbanks Motor for Driving Railway Section Cars. by simply changing the position of the timer without the useof the gears. The speed is the same in either direction. Bythe use of three cylinders; three impulses are obtained per revo-lution which gives a distribution of…
Internal combustion engines · Traction-engines
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