Self-propelled vehicles; a practical treatise on the theory, construction, operation, care and management of all forms of automobiles (1906)
Homans, James E. (James Edward), b. 1865 · New York, T. Audel & Company · leaf 202
0 per cent, for 66pounds, and 43 per cent, for 88 pounds compression. On the PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE AND VOLUME. 189 other hand, greater compression means greater explosive press-ure and greater strain on the engine structure, which in futurepractice will probably retain the compression between the… … » Fig. U2a. The Knox Single-Cylinder Runabout. A typical American gasoline carriage. feet per indicated horse-power per hour. With 0.4 compressionspace and 61 pounds compression, the consumption of gas was20 cubic feet per indicated horse-power per hour; and with 0.34compression space and 87 pounds…
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