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 215
s so rapid as to clog the piston, ignite thelubricating oil, or to produce premature explosion of the charge.Largely for this reason, the water-cooling system become univer-sal, except for very light vehicles and cycles intended to be drivenat high speeds. In order to assist the work of cooling the… … Fig. 150.—The Knox Pin-Cooled Cylinder. In this engine, pins are used forradiating instead of the usual flanges or rihs as on other air-cooled cylinders. the motor, even when the vehicle was moving at low speed. Thiswas particularly true with the Simms fan-cooled cylinder, on thewalls of which were…
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