Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines

CHAPTER II

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SELECTION OF AN ENGINE

The Otto Cycle.--The First Period.--The Second Period.--The Third Period.--The Fourth Period.--Valve Mechanism.--Ignition.-- Incandescent Tubes.--Electric Ignition.--Electric Ignition by Battery and Induction-Coil.--Ignition by Magnetos.--The Piston.-- Arrangement of the Cylinder.--The Frame.--Fly-Wheels.--Straight and Curved Spoke Fly-Wheels.--The Crank-Shaft.--Cams, Rollers, etc.--Bearings.--Steadiness.--Governors.--Vertical Engines.-- Power of an Engine.--Automatic Starting 21