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 271
ng—heatedair will absorb the vapor of gasoline much more readily thancold air; also heat will ensure the best possible results, even withthe use of the poorer qualities of liquid fuel. Kerosene Vaporizers.—Although for numerous reasons, suchas its stench, dirtiness and inferior vaporizing… … Fig. 176.—The Blackstone Kerosene Vaporizer. As is evident, the oil sprayed in at theright-hand top of the cylinder passes through an annular space around the chim-ney of the hot tube, passing thence to the space behind the inlet valve. ing the liquid that the mist formed by the injection of air,…
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