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 288
n of the fuel chargein the cylinder. It has, however, an even greater disadvantageinvolved in the enormous wear of the small points due to con-stant friction. The simpler make-and-break device, on the otherhand, while producing quite as good a spark, permits no reallyreliable method of preventing… … Fig. 191.—The Duryea Primary Spark Ignition Apparatus. A is the ex-haust valve; D, the exhaust valve stem; T, the stem of the sparkerhammer, journaled in the stem, D; E, the exhaust slide; F, roller atend of E; G, the rotating exhaust cam; H, exhaust valve spring; J, aclamp fixed in position by a…
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