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 17
cle of air instantlyand increases its volume with a minimum loss by radiation. A gas engine is practically a steam engine with the furnaceplaced directly in the working cylinder with all interveningworking mediums removed, the gases of combustion acting asthe working medium. It derives its power… … Fig. l-b. The English Adams Automobile Motor (End View), Showingthe Magneto Driven by Spiral Gears at Right Angles to the Crank-Shaft. through the connecting rod and delivers power to the beltwheel where it is available for driving machinery. Whether thefuel be of solid liquid, or gaseous origin it…
Internal combustion engines · Traction-engines
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