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A complete and practical work treating on gas, gasoline, kerosene, and crude petroleum oil-engines including producer gas plants for gas-engine owners, gas engineers, and intending purchases of gas-engines, fully describing and illustrating the theory, design, construction and management of the explosive motor for stationary, marine and vehicle motor power.

This is a classic loaded with photo's, drawings, and engravings of engines, and all the components that go into their construction from ignition systems to valve mechanisms, from clutches to lubrication pumps. You even get off-the-wall info on propellers for marine engines and use of steam engines indicators on I.C. engines.

You also get a great illustrated chapter on converting coal into producer gas. These are big stationary plants to turn coal into gases that can be burned by an engine. This is great info for the guy who wants to run his car on charcoal or wood.

The last chapter is a great research tool. You get the dates, numbers and inventor names of several thousand engine patents granted between 1875 and 1910 (but no details). This is the 18th Edition originally printed in 1910.

A sample from the Contents page include some of the following subjects:

• The Materials of Power in Explosive Engines
• Illuminating gas, Natural Gas, Producer Gas, Gasoline, Kerosene, Acetylene, and Alcohol
• Composition and Fuel Valves
• Carburetters and Vaporizers
• Vapour-Gas for Explosive motors
• Atomising Carburetters and Vaporisers
• Methods of Starting Motors
• Cylinder capacity of Gas and Gasoline Engines
• Tables of Sizes and Powers, Cylinder Diameter, Stroke, and Motor Parts
• Governors and Valve Gear, Fly-ball, Inertia, and Pendulum Types, Direct Valve-gear, Cams
• Gas and Gasoline Motors
• The Amateur's Motor
• Gemmer, Westinghouse, Lambert, Union, Blakeslee, Hatrig, Root & Vandervoort, Hubbard, Fairbanks, Morse
• Crude oil generators
• Marine Motors, Marine Engines and their work, Table, Size of Engines and Boats
• Bridgeport, Yacht Gas Engine and Launch Company Motors.
• Racing Launch, Godshalk and Company Motors, Lozier, Cushman
• Speed Boats
• Cooling the Cylinders
• Offset Cylinder, Ignition and Lighting Outfit, Make and Break Ignition.

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