CHAPTER V

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 and Supply-- Vacuum Fuel Feed--Early Vaporizer Forms--Development of Float Feed Carburetor--Maybach's Early Design--Concentric Float and Jet Type --Schebler Carburetor--Claudel Carburetor--Stewart Metering Pin Type--Multiple Nozzle Vaporizers--Two-Stage Carburetor--Master Multiple Jet Type--Compound Nozzle Zenith Carburetor--Utility of Gasoline Strainers--Intake Manifold Design and Construction-- Compensating for Various Atmospheric Conditions--How High Altitude Affects Power--The Diesel System--Notes on Carburetor Installation--Notes on Carburetor Adjustment 110-154