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 346
AND STEAM ENGINES 341 initial pressure of the explosion. While the initial pressure isreduced by the water vapor, and with it the strain on theengine, the mean effective pressure is increased because ofthe absorption of heat from the walls and the more perfectcombustion. The only moving part in the… … Fig. 12Q. Higgins Oil Carburetor. charge. The speed of the engine can be varied from 300 to400 revolutions per minute while the engine is running. In this engine it is a very simple matter to remove thecrank-case cover and the cylinder heads and expose the wholeof the working mechanism of the…
Internal combustion engines · Traction-engines
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