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 231
f the low pressure cylinder is about twice that of either ofthe high pressure cylinders, thus allowing the exhaust gas toexpand very nearly to asmospheric pressure, when fed into itfrom either of the others. The crank shaft is so arranged that,while the two low pressure pistons are at the dead end… … Fig. 160.—Oossley Three-Cylinder Compound Gas Engine. The two end cylinders arehigh pressure; the central one, low pressure. The exhaust from the two high-pressurecylinders is admitted, alternately, to the low-pressure cylinder by the piston valve,operated by the crank and rotating shaft shown at…
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