Aviation Engines: Design—Construction—Operation and Repair

Aviation Engine Types--Division in Classes--Anzani Engines-- Canton and Unné Engine--Construction of Gnome Engines-- "Monosoupape" Gnome--German "Gnome" Type--Le Rhone Engine--...

Tools for Adjusting and Erecting--Forms of Wrenches--Use and Care of Files--Split Pin Removal and Installation--Complete Chisel Set--Drilling Machines--Drills, Reamers, Taps and...

of Coals; Coal Washing; Sampling and Valuation of Coals, etc.; Power of Fuels; History of Coke Manufacture; Developments in the Coke Oven Design; Recent Types of Coke Ovens; Mec...

Methods of Cylinder Construction--Block Castings--Influence on Crank-Shaft Design--Combustion Chamber Design--Bore and Stroke Ratio--Meaning of Piston Speed--Advantage of Off-Se...

Properties of Liquid Fuels--Distillates of Crude Petroleum-- Principles of Carburetion Outlined--Air Needed to Burn Gasoline --What a Carburetor Should Do--Liquid Fuel Storage a...

Power Plant Installation--Curtiss OX-2 Engine Mounting and Operating Rules--Standard S. A. E. Engine Bed Dimensions-- Hall-Scott Engine Installation and Operation--Fuel System R...

Early Ignition Systems--Electrical Ignition Best--Fundamentals of Magnetism Outlined--Forms of Magneto--Zones of Magnetic Influence--How Magnets are Made--Electricity and Magnet...

Why Lubrication Is Necessary--Friction Defined--Theory of Lubrication--Derivation of Lubricants--Properties of Cylinder Oils--Factors Influencing Lubrication System Selection--G...

Constructional Details of Pistons--Aluminum Cylinders and Pistons--Piston Ring Construction--Leak Proof Piston Rings-- Keeping Oil Out of Combustion Chamber--Connecting Rod Form...

The principal elements of a gas engine are not difficult to understand and their functions are easily defined. In place of the barrel of the gun one has a smoothly machined cyli...

Operating Principles of Two- and Four-Stroke Engines--Four-cycle Action--Two-cycle Action--Comparing Two- and Four-cycle Types-- Theory of Gas and Gasoline Engine--Early Gas-Eng...

Efficiency of Internal Combustion Engines--Various Measures of Efficiency--Temperatures and Pressures--Factors Governing Economy--Losses in Wall Cooling--Value of Indicator Card...

The conquest of the air is one of the most stupendous achievements of the ages. Human flight opens the sky to man as a new road, and because it is a road free of all obstruction...

The only complete work published for the motorcyclist and cyclecarist. Describes fully all leading types of machines, their design, construction, maintenance, operation and repa...

Of all the types enumerated above engines having less than eight cylinders are the most popular in everything but aircraft work. The four-cylinder vertical is without doubt the...

Initial Procedure. Chapter III.--Cast Iron. Chapter IV.--Aluminum. Chapter V.--Steel. Chapter VI.--Malleable Iron, Copper, Brass, Bronze. Chapter VII.--Carbon Burning and other...

Tools for Adjusting and Erecting--Forms of Wrenches--Use and Care of Files--Split Pin Removal and Installation--Complete Chisel Set --Drilling Machines--Drills, Reamers, Taps an...

Properties of Liquid Fuels--Distillates of Crude Petroleum-- Principles of Carburetion Outlined--Air Needed to Burn Gasoline-- What a Carburetor Should Do--Liquid Fuel Storage a...

d 1. Sleeve Valve d 2. Reciprocating Ring Valve d 3. Piston Valve e. Rotary Valves e 1. Disc e 2. Cylinder or Barrel e 3. Single Cone e 4. Double Cone f. Two Piston (Balanced Ex...

Methods of Cylinder Construction--Block Castings--Influence on Crank-Shaft Design--Combustion Chamber Design--Bore and Stroke Ratio--Meaning of Piston Speed--Advantage of Off-Se...

Aviation Engine Types--Division in Classes--Anzani Engines--Canton and Unné Engine--Construction of Gnome Engines--"Monosoupape" Gnome--German "Gnome" Type--Le Rhone Engine--Ren...

Why Lubrication Is Necessary--Friction Defined--Theory of Lubrication--Derivation of Lubricants--Properties of Cylinder Oils --Factors Influencing Lubrication System Selection--...

Early Ignition Systems--Electrical Ignition Best--Fundamentals of Magnetism Outlined--Forms of Magneto--Zones of Magnetic Influence --How Magnets are Made--Electricity and Magne...

Power Plant Installation--Curtiss OX-2 Engine Mounting and Operating Rules--Standard S. A. E. Engine Bed Dimensions-- Hall-Scott Engine Installation and Operation--Fuel System R...

Operating Principles of Two- and Four-Stroke Engines--Four-cycle Action--Two-cycle Action--Comparing Two- and Four-cycle Types-- Theory of Gas and Gasoline Engine--Early Gas-Eng...

Efficiency of Internal Combustion Engines--Various Measures of Efficiency--Temperatures and Pressures--Factors Governing Economy --Losses in Wall Cooling--Value of Indicator Car...

Constructional Details of Pistons--Aluminum Cylinders and Pistons --Piston Ring Construction--Leak Proof Piston Rings--Keeping Oil Out of Combustion Chamber--Connecting Rod Form...

Engine Parts and Functions--Why Multiple Cylinder Engines Are Best --Describing Sequence of Operations--Simple Engines--Four and Six Cylinder Vertical Tandem Engines--Eight and...