Creighton, William Henry Paul, 1859- · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 502
as mixture is com-pressed into the clearance space of the engine. 3. The gas is exploded, the piston being practically onthe dead-center, and expansion during the entire stroke fol-lows, CD and DE. 4. The burnt gases must be swept out during the return-stroke, EB and BA. It is evident that there… … the cycle first on the crank side of the piston and then on theother side. On the compression stroke, or the stroke towardsthe head, air is drawn into the case. On the next or explosionstroke this air is slightly compressed. We must now examineinto the events that occurred on the other side of the…
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