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 236
al efficiency, therefore, is impossible in practice,even under ideal conditions; since it assumes that the expansionline of the indicator diagram is perfectly adiabatic, which is tosay, indicating an expansion without loss or gain of heat units,to atmosphere. The figures are valuable, most largely,… … Fig. 161.—The Duryea Three-Cylinder Gasoline Vehicle Engine, with half the crank casesheathing- removed, showing cranks, crank shaft, cam shaft, and working parts.The three cylinders have common supply and exhaust tubes; the charge is controlledby a single throttling link, shown at the top, and the…
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