Gas and Oil Engines, Simply Explained by Runciman

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GAS AND OIL ENGINES

SIMPLY EXPLAINED

_An Elementary Instruction Book for Amateurs and Engine Attendants_

BY WALTER C. RUNCIMAN

_FULLY ILLUSTRATED_

LONDON

Model Engineer Series. The "Model Engineer" Series, no. 26.

1905

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

PREFACE 5

I. INTRODUCTORY 7

II. THE COMPONENT PARTS OF AN ENGINE 13

III. HOW A GAS ENGINE WORKS 22

IV. IGNITION DEVICES 33

V. MAGNETO IGNITION 47

VI. GOVERNING 51

VII. CAMS AND VALVE SETTINGS 63

VIII. OIL ENGINES 81

PREFACE

My object in placing this handbook before the reader is to provide him with a simple and straightforward explanation of how and why a gas engine, or an oil engine, works. The main features and peculiarities in the construction of these engines are described, while the methods and precautions necessary to arrive at desirable results are detailed as fully as the limited space permits. I have aimed at supplying just that information which my experience shows is most needed by the user and by the amateur builder of small power engines. In place of giving a mere list of common engine troubles and their remedies, I have thought it better to endeavour to explain thoroughly the fundamental principles and essentials of good running, so that should any difficulty arise, the engine attendant will be able to reason out for himself the cause of the trouble, and will thus know the proper remedy to apply. This will give him a command over his engine which should render him equal to any emergency.

WALTER C. RUNCIMAN.

LONDON, E.C.

GAS AND OIL ENGINES

SIMPLY EXPLAINED

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTORY

The history of the gas engine goes back a long way, and the history of the internal combustion engine proper further still. It will be interesting to recount the main points in the history of the development of the class of engine we shall deal with in the following pages, in order to show what huge strides were made soon after the correct and most workable theory had been formulated.

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