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 5-1/2 × 8-1/2 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.