TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

  1. “Baumé” was consistently misspelled as “Beaumé”. Did not correct.
  2. The spelling of words such as “distributor/distributer” and “carburetor/carbureter” was inconsistent.
  3. The section and paragraph numbers are not always sequential.
  4. Changed “may read” to “may be read” on p. [22].
  5. Changed “engine is instrument” to “engine is an instrument” on p. [27].
  6. Changed “use in temperature” to “rise in temperature” on p. [32].
  7. Changed “air the same temperature” to “air at the same temperature” on p. [52].
  8. Changed “alcohol than for in the neighborhood” to “alcohol in the neighborhood” on p. [55].
  9. Changed “fuel heated” to “fuel is heated” on p. [56].
  10. Changed “moving ports.” to“moving parts.” on p. [64].
  11. Changed “reading for the succeeding suction stroke” to “ready for the succeeding suction stroke” on p. [76].
  12. Changed “inlet shots” to “inlet slots” on p. [124].
  13. Silently corrected typographical errors.
  14. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.