The Gasoline Motor

There are certain events that must happen in a gasoline motor before the engine will run of its own accord. For instance, to obtain successive power impulses, the charge must fi...

It has been stated in the preceding chapter that the valves of the gasoline motor are the sentinels placed on guard at the entrance to and exit from each cylinder to make certai...

In the general meaning of the term, a bearing is any part that carries weight or pressure and at the same time rubs over another surface. According to this definition, the porti...

It was the application of the electric current to the ignition system of the gasoline engine that first enabled these new forms of power plants to be designed with sufficient co...

The perfection of the magneto and its application to cars of all classes and sizes has marked the most important step in gasoline motor ignition since the introduction of the el...

Although gasoline is inflammable in its liquid state, its combustion is not sufficiently rapid to approach the _explosive_ point necessary to render its energy available in the...

A lubricant acts as a sort of pacifier between two surfaces that would otherwise move in contact with each other. No surface can move in direct contact with another of the same...

To enable the parts of a motor to work well, there must be freedom of motion between all that move in contact with each other. This necessary freedom of motion is provided for t...

There has always been a strong prejudice in favor of the four-cycle motor for the power plant of the gasoline automobile. This may be due to the fact that designers have spent m...