Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II: Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volume 27 Number 3, Publication 1948, 1911Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont)
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Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II: Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volume 27 Number 3, Publication 1948, 1911
Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont)
Aeronautics; Flight
In the tests which were witnessed on April 26, 1902, by Captain I.
N. Lewis, Recorder of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification, the
engine was held down to a pull of 200 pounds on a 13-inch lever, when
running at 1000 revolutions per minute. In the later tests in May,
1903, which were witnessed by Captain Gibson, who was then Recorder
of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification, and Mr. G. H. Powell, the
Secretary of the Board, the engine was allowed to work at a pull of
265 pounds on the 13-inch lever arm at a speed of 950 revolutions per
minute. In the tests made in August, 1904, the engine was run for ten
consecutive hours[46] at a pull which varied from 263 to 271 pounds,
or an average of 267 pounds, on a 13-inch lever, with the speed
varying from 945 to 955 revolutions per minute, thus showing 52.4
horse-power at the average speed of 950 R. P. M.
DETAILED WEIGHT OF NEW LARGE ENGINE.
Name of Weight in
part. grammes.
Crank shaft 5,225
Connecting rods (total) 5,005
Pistons--
No. 1 1,652
No. 2 1,647
No. 3 1,655
No. 4 1,660
No. 5 1,646
Cylinders--
No. 1 (including exhaust and inlet valves, oil
cups, etc.) 4,768
No. 2 (including exhaust and inlet valves, oil
cups, etc.) 4,685
No. 3 (including exhaust and inlet valves, oil
cups, etc.) 4,638
No. 4 (including exhaust and inlet valves, oil
cups, etc.) 4,637
No. 5 (including exhaust and inlet valves, oil
cups, etc.) 4,796
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