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 339
case carries oil down between the pairsof cylinders. The commutator is operated by bevel gearing from 326 SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLES. the cam shaft, being shown at the top of the vertical spindleto the right of the diagram. The oil is distributed by a force pump operated by an 80 to 1reduction. It has… … Fig. 241.—Single Cylinder Motor of the St. Louis Gasoline Motor Carriage,showing control levers and the variable speed gear contained within thecase below the crank. done abroad. As in every other mechanical branch, designersand inventors sought from the first to produce something dis-tinctive, and…
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