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Practical Hand Book of Gas, Oil and Steam Engines: Stationary, Marine, Traction; Gas Burners, Oil Burners, Etc.; Farm, Traction, Automobile, Locomotive; A simple, practical and comprehensive book on the construction, operation and repair of all kinds of engines. Dealing with the various parts in detail and the various types of engines and also the use of different kinds of fuel.Rathbun, John B.

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Practical Hand Book of Gas, Oil and Steam Engines: Stationary, Marine, Traction; Gas Burners, Oil Burners, Etc.; Farm, Traction, Automobile, Locomotive; A simple, practical and comprehensive book on the construction, operation and repair of all kinds of engines. Dealing with the various parts in detail and the various types of engines and also the use of different kinds of fuel.

Name: Practical Hand Book of Gas, Oil and Steam Engines: Stationary, Marine, Traction; Gas Burners, Oil Burners, Etc.; Farm, Traction, Automobile, Locomotive; A simple, practical and comprehensive book on the construction, operation and repair of all kinds of engines. Dealing with the various parts in detail and the various types of engines and also the use of different kinds of fuel.
Author: Rathbun, John B.

Rathbun, John B.

Internal combustion engines; Traction-engines

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      GAS      │B.T.U.│    Cubic Feet of Air    │   Usual   │Ratio
               │ per  │Required to Burn 1 Cubic │Compression│of Gas
               │Cubic │       Foot of Gas       │ Lbs. per  │to Air
               │ Foot │                         │ Sq. Inch  │
               │      │                         │           │
 ──────────────┼──────┼────────────┬────────────┼───────────┼──────
               │      │   Actual   │Theoretical │           │
 ──────────────┼──────┼────────────┼────────────┼───────────┼──────
 Natural Gas   │ 1000.│       12.60│     9      │        130│1–12.6
 Natural Gas   │ 1000.│            │            │        110│1–6
 Coal Gas      │  650.│        9.00│    5.85    │         80│1–9
 Producer      │  140.│        1.20│    1.85    │        160│1–1.2
   Anthracite  │      │            │            │           │
 Producer      │  160.│        3.20│    2.20    │           │
   Bituminous  │      │            │            │           │
 Water Gas     │  290.│        3.60│    2.20    │           │
   (Uncarb.)   │      │            │            │           │
 Water Gas     │  500.│        8.50│    5.15    │           │1.8
   (Carb.)     │      │            │            │           │
 Blast Furnace │   94.│        1.10│    0.70    │        170│
   Gas         │      │            │            │           │
 Acetylene     │ 1500.│       20.00│   12.60    │           │
 Gasolene Vapor│  520.│See Table of Liquid Fuels│         70│1.12
 Gasolene Vapor│  520.│See Table of Liquid Fuels│         70│1.8
 Gasolene Vapor│  520.│See Table of Liquid Fuels│         70│1.6
 Kerosene Vapor│      │See Table of Liquid Fuels│         60│1.8
 Coke Oven Gas │  520.│          7.│    5.4     │           │
 Alcohol       │      │            │            │        180│
 ──────────────┴──────┴────────────┴────────────┴───────────┴──────

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