This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...acceleration knocking was due to a cushion of hot gas which accumulated in the head end of the cylinder at times when the engine speed was low and the load on the engine was heavy. Having explained these things to the Syndicate and pointed out the need for still larger valves, they set about attempting to raise fresh ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...acceleration knocking was due to a cushion of hot gas which accumulated in the head end of the cylinder at times when the engine speed was low and the load on the engine was heavy. Having explained these things to the Syndicate and pointed out the need for still larger valves, they set about attempting to raise fresh capital for the final attempt at success. They were not successful, and up to the present nothing more has been done. The Syndicate was wound up, the members drifted apart, and the patents were allowed to lapse. The engine and chassis were eventually sold, and are still doing good service somewhere in the North of England. Meantime the writer has not rested, but has steadily formulated his ideas for the improvement of the engine, which have resulted in the securing of a fresh patent early this year. In the new engine the charge enters at the head end of the cylinder, there is a special transverse combustion chamber, and many improvements are introduced in the scavenging and flow of gases; also there is no deflector at all on the piston head. Funds have not yet been secured to enable an experimental engine to be constructed, but it is to be hoped they will be forthcoming, for the benefit of the motor-car industry generally, as the future undoubtedly lies with the two-stroke. During the whole of this time the writer was engaged as Chief Assistant in the Engineering Department of Leeds University, being in charge of the experimental work of the students in the laboratories there. Many of the drawings were made by students in their vacation, and the writer is greatly indebted to his friend, Professor John Goodman, for so kindly allowing him the necessary freedom during vacation times when there is often much miscellaneous work that requires attenti...
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