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 191
late ignition. (4) An ef-ficiency approximating that of the true Diesel type. It is claimed that the change from the ordinary four strokecycle Diesel cycle has been accomplished with practically noloss of thermal efficiency, and that the elimination of the manymoving parts of that type has done… … Fig. 77. Working Cylinder of Elyria Oil Engine. heat loss to the jacket water. Because of the high temper-ature it is possible to burn the heaviest fuels with a maximumpressure not exceeding 400 pounds per square inch, and with-out trouble due to missed ignition at light loads. With a givencylinder…
Internal combustion engines · Traction-engines
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