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 346
that one of their carriage motors hasbeen connected to operate an electric light dynamo, and runwithout any perceptible variation in voltage, even when the con-nection is direct to the main shaft. No attempt is made to control the speed of the engine by anautomatic governor, the method employed… … Fig. 247.—Stevens-Duryea Motor—Pump Side. The spur-gear water forcepump is driven by sprockets and chain from the crank shaft. Thecharge admission is throttled by moving the small sliding rod connectedto the vertical lever seen at the right. This small rod, just below themixture tube, reaching…
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