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 315
sof Germany, England and America, as also by several of theFrench motor-carriage builders using the Daimler engines. Thissystem is successful on account of the long stroke, characteristicof the Daimler cylinder, which gives a correspondingly highcompression ratio, involving certain and efficient… … r v2/ Fig. 223.—One type of Gas Engine Governor, which is an improved varia-tion of the device used on the early Daimler motors. The parts are asfollows: A and A, ball weights; B and B, bell cranks actuating thelinks, C and C, as the balls move outward resisting the tension ofspring, S, and sliding…
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