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.
Rathbun, John B.
Internal combustion engines; Traction-engines
The cylinders are cast separately and are furnished either with iron or
copper water jackets, the copper jackets being deposited over the
cylinder barrels by an electrolytic process in much the same way as that
of the celebrated French Antoinette. Bolts passing through flanges on
the bottom of the cylinder fasten them to the base. A special aluminum
alloy is used for the base which is cast in a single piece with webs to
receive the bearings. A unit crank-case insures perfect alignment,
prevents a greater part of the oil leakage, and forms a much stronger
construction than the usual split pattern. A chamber is provided for the
cam shaft at the apex of the case through which issue the push-rods.
Shafts and piston pins are hollow. All push rods are adjustable for wear
and have steel balls running on the cams which eliminate the possibility
of mis-timing through wear.
Lubrication is by a bronze pump geared from the crank-shaft and is
connected to an oil tank located in the base from which the oil is
forced through the crank-shaft up through the hollow connecting rods to
the piston pins, thence to the cylinder walls, the surplus returning to
the tank in which the strainer is located.
The circulating pump is driven from the cam shaft as shown in the cut
and supplies the cylinders and radiator with water through the copper
water manifolds which are designed to give an equal supply to each
cylinder. Exhaust manifolds are of seamless steel tubing.
The cylinders are 4⅛ bore × 4⅜ stroke, and develop 60 to 70 horse-power
at 1,100 revolutions per minute, which speed has been attained with an
8-foot 6-inch propeller having a pitch of 5 feet. Without radiator or
propeller, the iron jacketed motor weighs 312 pounds, and copper
jacketed weighs 290 pounds, the latter making a difference of 22 pounds
in the weight.
A high tension Bosch magneto is used which is mounted on a pad cast on
the top of the crank-case and is driven from a gear meshing with the cam
shaft gear. Connection is made from the magneto to plugs placed over the
inlet valves in the valve caps.
A 100 horse-power aero engine of the “V” type is shown by Figs.
23–24–25, which is built by the All British Engine Company for the
aeronautical branch of the English War Department. It has eight
cylinders of 5 inch bore, by 4¼ inch stroke, and develops its rated
horse-power at 1,200 revolutions per minute. _Data from “Aero,” London._
[Illustration:
Fig. 23. Longitudinal Section Through A. B. C. 100 Horse-Power “V”
Motor.
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