Gas and Oil Engines, Simply Explained An Elementary Instruction Book for Amateurs and Engine Attendants

With 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...

The 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...

The 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...

Having 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...

The 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...

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 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...

There 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...