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Describes, in plain English, the findings of a research programme into modern petrol/gasoline and its effects on classic engines. The book includes practical descriptions of how a spark-ignition engine works, and how it can be tuned to avoid common problems.
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Petrol Engine" (A Text-book dealing with the Principles of Design and Construction, with a Special Chapter on the Two-stroke Engine) by Francis John Kean. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Excerpt from Petrol Motors and Motor Cars: A Handbook for Engineers, Designers, and Draughtsmen The historical and theoretical aspects have only been lightly treated. Both have been ably dealt with by more competent hands than the present writer's, and, moreover, they are better kept apart from such a work as this. The writer's thanks are due, and are heartily accorded, to Mr. E. J. Stoddard, of Detroit, U.S.A., for his permission to include some of his work. The writer is indebted to him for the formula for the design of cylinders (p. 12), and for his diagram (Fig. 6) of pressures and volumes. Probably many of the formulæ will be recognized as old friends, though, perhaps, in new disguises...
The Lloyd’s Register of Yachts was first issued in 1878, and was issued annually until 1980, except during the years 1916-18 and 1940-46. Two supplements containing additions and corrections were also issued annually. The Register contains the names, details and characters of Yachts classed by the Society, together with the particulars of other Yachts which are considered to be of interest, illustrates plates of the Flags of Yacht and Sailing Clubs, together with a List of Club Officers, an illustrated List of the Distinguishing Flags of Yachtsmen, a List of the Names and Addresses of Yacht Owners, and much other information. For more information on the Lloyd’s Register of Yachts, please click here: https://hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/archive-library/lloyds-register-of-yachts-online
The Lloyd’s Register of Yachts was first issued in 1878, and was issued annually until 1980, except during the years 1916-18 and 1940-46. Two supplements containing additions and corrections were also issued annually. The Register contains the names, details and characters of Yachts classed by the Society, together with the particulars of other Yachts which are considered to be of interest, illustrates plates of the Flags of Yacht and Sailing Clubs, together with a List of Club Officers, an illustrated List of the Distinguishing Flags of Yachtsmen, a List of the Names and Addresses of Yacht Owners, and much other information. For more information on the Lloyd’s Register of Yachts, please click here: https://hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/archive-library/lloyds-register-of-yachts-online