Practical Hand Book of Gas, Oil and Steam Engines

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Author

Rathbun, John B.

Title

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.

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Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

TJ: Technology: Mechanical engineering and machinery

Subject

Traction-engines

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 56776

Release Date

March 18, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PRACTICAL HAND BOOK of GAS, OIL AND STEAM ENGINES STATIONARY, MARINE, TRACTION GAS BURNERS, OIL BURNERS, ETC. FARM, TRACTION, AUTOMOBILE, LOCOMOTIVE
2. 2.Table of Contents
3. 3.CHAPTER I HEAT AND POWER — (1) The Heat Engine. — (3) Combustion In the Cylinder. — (4) Compression. — (5) Efficiency and Heat Losses. — (6) Expansion of the Charge.
4. 4.CHAPTER II FUELS AND COMBUSTION — (7) Combustion. — (8) Gaseous Fuels. — (9) Gasifying Coal. — (10) Water Gas. — (11) Blast Furnace Gas. — (12) Producer Gas. — (13) Producer Gas From Peat. — (14) Crude Oil Producers. — (15) Operation of Producers. — (16) Coal. — (17) Fuel Oils. — (18) Tar for Fuel. — (19) Residual Oils. — (20) Gasoline. — (21) Benzol. — (22) Alcohol. — (23) Kerosene Oil.
5. 5.CHAPTER III WORKING CYCLES — (24) Requirements of the Engine. — (25) Four Stroke Cycle Engine. — (26) Two Stroke Cycle Engine. — (27) Three Port—Two Stroke Cycle Engine. — (28) Reversing Two Cycle Motors. — (29) Scavenging Engines.
6. 6.CHAPTER IV INDICATOR DIAGRAMS — (35) General Description. — (36) Diagram of Four Stroke Cycle Engine. — (37) Detecting Faults With the Indicator. — (38) Two Stroke Cycle Diagram. — (39) Diagram of Diesel Engine. — (40) Gas Turbine Development.
7. 7.CHAPTER V TYPICAL FOUR STROKE CYCLE ENGINES — (41) Essential Parts of the Gas Engine. — (42) Application of the Four Stroke Principle. — (43) Horizontal Single Cylinder Engine. — (44) Multiple Cylinder Engines. — (45) Four Cylinder Vertical Auto Motor. — (46) Stationary Four Cylinder Engine. — (47) The “V” Type Motor. — (48) Mesta Gas Engines. — (49) Knight Sliding Sleeve Motor. — (50) Reeves Slide Sleeve Valve. — (51) Argyll Single Sleeve Motor. — (53) Sturtevant Aeronautical Motor. — (54) The Rotating Cylinder Motor. — (55) The Gyro Rotary Motor. — (56) Gnome Rotary Motor.
8. 8.CHAPTER VI TWO STROKE CYCLE ENGINES — (30) The Junker Two Stroke Cycle Engine. — (34) Koerting Two Stroke Cycle Engine. — (57) Two Stroke Cycle Rail Motor Cars. — (58) Rotating Cylinder Two Stroke Cycle Motor. — (60) Gnome Radial Two Stroke Motor. — (62) Variable Speed Two Stroke Motor.
9. 9.CHAPTER VII OIL ENGINES — (31) Diesel Oil Engine. — (63) Diesel Engine (Marine Type). — (64) The M.A.N. Diesel Engine. — (65) Mirlees-Diesel Engines. — (66) Willans-Diesel Engines. — (67) Installation and Consumption of Diesel Plant. — DIESEL HORSE-POWER FORMULA — (32) Semi-Diesel Type Engine. — (68) De La Vergne Oil Engines. — Semi-Diesel (Type FH) — The De La Vergne Oil Engine (Type HA) — (69) Operating Costs of the Semi-Diesel Type. — (70) Elyria Semi-Diesel Type. — (71) Remington Oil Engine.
10. 10.CHAPTER VIII IGNITION SYSTEMS — (73) Principles of Ignition. — (74) Advance and Retard. — (75) Preignition. — (76) Misfiring. — (77) Hot Tube Ignition. — (78) Electrical Ignition. — (79) Sources of Current. — (80) Primary Batteries. — (81) Dry Batteries. — (82) Series and Multiple Connections. — (83) Multiple-Series Connections. — (84) Operation of Dry Cells. — (85) Storage Batteries. — (86) Care of the Storage Cell. — (87) Make and Break System (Low Tension). — (88) Operation of the Make and Break Igniter. — (89) Jump Spark System (High Tension System). — (90) Vibrator Construction. — (91) Operation of the Jump Spark Coil. — (92) Primary Timer. — (93) Timer Construction. — (94) Operation of Timers. — (95) High Tension Spark Plug. — (96) Care of Spark Plug. — (97) Magnetos. — (98) Low Tension Magneto. — (99) Care of Low Tension Magnetos. — (100) High Tension Magnetos. — (101) Bosch Oscillating High Tension Magneto. — (102) The Mea High Tension Magneto. — (103) The Wico High Tension Igniter. — (104) Starting On Magneto Spark.
11. 11.CHAPTER IX CARBURETORS — (105) Principles of Carburetion. — (106) Schebler Carburetor. — (107) Two Cycle Carburetors. — (108) Kingston Carburetors. — (109) The Feps Carburetor. — (111) Gasoline Strainers. — (112) Installing Gasoline Carburetors. — (113) Installing the Carburetor. — (114) Kerosene Vaporizer for Motorcycles.
12. 12.CHAPTER X LUBRICATION — (116) General Notes on Lubrication. — (117) Force Feed Lubricating System. — (118) Bosch Force Feed Oiler. — (119) Castor Oil for Aero Engines. — (120) Force Feed Troubles. — (121) Oil Cup Failure. — (122) Hot Bearings. — (123) Cold Weather Lubrication. — (124) Plug Oil Holes When Painting. — (125) Oiling the Magneto.
13. 13.CHAPTER XI COOLING SYSTEMS — (126) Cooling System Troubles.
14. 14.CHAPTER XII GOVERNORS AND VALVE GEAR — (127) Hit and Miss Governing. — (128) The Throttling System. — (129) The Controlling Governor. — (130) Types of Governors. — (131) Governor Troubles. — (132) Throttling Governor Troubles. — (133) Valve Gear Arrangement. — (134) Cam Shaft Speeds. — (135) Valve Gear Troubles. — (136) Valve Timing. — (137) Valve Setting on Stationary Engines. — (138) High Speed Engine Valve Timing. — (139) Timing Offset Cylinders. — (140) Auxiliary Exhaust Ports. — (141) Valves and Compression Leaks—Misfiring.
15. 15.CHAPTER XIII TRACTORS AND FARM POWER — (142) The Gas Tractor. — Oil Injection Engines. — (143) Construction of Gas Tractors. — The Clutch. — Reverse Gears. — The Differential Gear. — The Driving Gear. — (144) Fairbanks-Morse Oil Tractor. — (145) The Rumely “Oil Pull” Tractor. — (146) The “Big Four” Tractor.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIV THE STEAM TRACTOR — (147) The Steam Tractor. — (148) The Cylinder and Slide Valve. — (149) Expansion of Steam. — (150) Speed Regulation. — (151) Reverse Gear. — Guides and Cross-Head. — Clutch. — Use of the Exhaust Steam. — (152) Feed Pump. — (153) The Boiler. — (154) Oil-Burning Steam Tractors. — (155) Care of the Steam Tractor.
17. 17.CHAPTER XV. OIL BURNERS. — (156) Combustion.
18. 18.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

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