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 328
nsequently follows that when the speed of the engine has ex- GASOLINE MOTOR DEVELOPMENT. 315 ceeded a certain predetermined limit the air exhaust cannot takeplace with sufficient rapidity to enable the usual operation of thefeed valve to continue; hence it acts as a cushion or spring-,resisting the… … AUTOMOBILE. Fig. 232.—Diagram of Volume Throttling Device on the Mors Engine. Aand A are throttle valves on the inlet pipes; B and B, valve levers; C,valve shaft, under control of the governor, D; E and F, springs, usedeither singly or together, according to control, so as to vary the open-ing of…
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