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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      │Explosion│Temperature│ Ignition  │Weight│Candle│  Mean
               │Pressure │    of     │Temperature│ per  │Power │Effective
               │ in Lbs. │Combustion │    F°     │Cubic │      │Pressure
               │ per Sq. │    F°     │           │Foot, │      │
               │   In.   │           │           │ Lbs. │      │
 ──────────────┼─────────┼───────────┼───────────┼──────┼──────┼─────────
               │         │           │           │      │      │
 ──────────────┼─────────┼───────────┼───────────┼──────┼──────┼─────────
 Natural Gas   │      375│           │       1100│.0459 │      │    94.00
 Natural Gas   │      245│           │       1000│      │      │    72.00
 Coal Gas      │      285│           │       1200│.035  │ 18.00│    85.00
 Producer      │      360│           │       1450│.065  │      │    88.00
   Anthracite  │         │           │           │      │      │
 Producer      │         │           │       1350│      │      │
   Bituminous  │         │           │           │      │      │
 Water Gas     │         │           │           │.044  │      │
   (Uncarb.)   │         │           │           │      │      │
 Water Gas     │         │           │           │      │ 22.00│
   (Carb.)     │         │           │           │      │      │
 Blast Furnace │         │           │       1560│.080  │      │     77.5
   Gas         │         │           │           │      │      │
 Acetylene     │         │           │           │      │      │
 Gasolene Vapor│      245│       1865│       1550│      │      │    79.00
 Gasolene Vapor│      360│       2950│        925│      │      │    82.00
 Gasolene Vapor│      410│       3160│        910│      │      │    84.50
 Kerosene Vapor│      285│           │        945│      │      │    85.00
 Coke Oven Gas │         │           │           │.042  │      │
 Alcohol       │      450│           │           │      │      │
 ──────────────┴─────────┴───────────┴───────────┴──────┴──────┴─────────

As a British thermal unit is the amount of heat required to raise the
temperature of one pound of water through one Fahrenheit degree (at
about 39.1° F.), the total heat per cubic foot of gas as observed by the
calorimeter is equal to the weight of the water multiplied by its rise
in temperature in degrees, divided by the number of cubic feet of gas
burned in the calorimeter. Since a British thermal unit is equal to 778
foot pounds in mechanical energy, its mechanical equivalent is equal to
the number of British thermal units multiplied by 778.

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