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 264
the simplest among those produced in America. Likethe float feed carburetters already described, it has a gasolinechamber in which is placed a hollow cylindrical float; this float,like that used in the earliest form of the Maybach carburetters,carries the point of the needle-valve secured to its… … Fig. 172—The De Dion & Bouton Vaporizer. A is the cover of the air chamber; B, theair valve; C, the float; D, the mixing chamber; E, gasoline supply; F, gasolineneedle valve; G, valve controlling lever. Arrow (1) indicates course of air throughmixing chamber; arrow (2), course of additional air…
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