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The history of the gas engine goes back a long way, and the history of the internal combustion engine proper further still. It will be interesting to recount the main points in the history of the development of the class of engine we shall deal with in the following pages, in...
The history of the gas engine goes back a long way, and the history of the internal combustion engine proper further still. It will be interesting to recount the main points in...
2. Chapter 2Having recounted very briefly the chief points in the development of the gas engine from its beginning, we may proceed to deal with matters of perhaps more practical interest to...
3. Chapter 3The gas engine of the present day, although from a structural point of view is very different to the early engine, or even that of fifteen years ago, is, in respect to the princ...
4. Chapter 4The ignition devices commonly employed may be divided into three main classes--the metal tube, the porcelain tube, and the electric ignition. These again may be subdivided: The...
5. Chapter 5There are a great number of different types made and used, but for gas-engine use perhaps that known as the magneto ignition is the most satisfactory. With this form, neither ac...
6. Chapter 6The devices for governing the speed of the engine may be divided, broadly speaking, into two classes--the inertia or hit and miss governor, and the centrifugal. Of the latter ty...
7. Chapter 7With the gas, as with any other kind of engine, the valve settings are of primary importance. On very small engines it is often the case that only the exhaust valve is operated...
8. Chapter 8The small oil engine is practically the same as the gas engine, with the addition of a vaporiser for converting the oil into gas, or vapour, to be exploded in the cylinder; cons...