AUDELS GAS ENGINE MANUAL $2
AUDELS GAS ENGINE MANUAL
A PRACTICAL TREATISE
WITH
ILLUSTRATIONS AND DIAGRAMS
T A Co.
THIS volume just published gives the latest and most helpful information respecting the construction, care and management of Gas, Gasoline and Oil Engines, Marine Motors and Automobile Engines, including chapters on Producer Gas Plants and the Alcohol Motor.
The work is divided into 27 Chapters as follows:—Historical Development—Laws of Permanent Gases—Theoretical Working Principles—Actual Working Cycles—Graphics of the Action of Gases—Indicator Diagrams of Engine Cycles—Indicator Diagrams of Gas Engines—Fuels and Explosive Mixtures—Gas Producer Systems—Compression, Ignition and Combustion—Design and Construction—Governing and Governors—Ignition and Igniters—Installation and Operation—Four-Cycle Horizontal Engines—Four-Cycle Vertical Engines—Four-Cycle Double-Acting Engines—Two-Cycle Engines—Foreign Engines—Oil Engines—Marine Engines—Testing—Instruments Used in Testing—Nature and Use of Lubricants—Hints on Management and Suggestions for Emergencies—The Automobile Motor—Useful Rules and Tables.
Each chapter is illustrated by diagrams which make it a thoroughly helpful volume, containing 512 pages, 156 drawings, printed in large clear type on fine paper, handsomely bound in rich red cloth, with gold top and title, measuring 51⁄2 × 81⁄2 inches and weighing over two pounds.
The book is a practical educator from cover to cover and is worth many times the price to any one using a gas engine of any type or size.