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 405
amber. The spindle ofthe needle valve is threaded, so that its lift may be regulated byrotary movement, screwing or unscrewing in its socket. The airinlet chamber may be varied in size and inlet capacity by a cylin-drical cover held in place against the tension of a coiled springaround a sleeve… … Fig. 301.—The Haynes-Apperson Transmission Gear, shown hung on thecrankshaft, as in the lighter cars. The reverse is now accomplished bya chain between F and F, dispensing with the idler, V. allow the cover to rise or cause it to lower, as the necessity oc-curs for increasing or reducing the supply…
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