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Coles A Text-Book on Gas, Oil, and Air Engines (Classic Reprint) at Village Green Shopping Centre in Vernon, BC
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Excerpt from A Text-Book on Gas, Oil, and Air Engines One reason which may account for the great develop ment Of gas and Oil motors, besides their convenience and absence of a boiler, is their much larger thermal efficiency, as compared with that of steam engines. The best modern compound or triple steam motors, using 120 to lbs. Steam pressure, working with about the same piston speed as gas engines, give from 10 to 15 per cent. Heat efficiency; in other words, Of the total heat given to the engine, some 12 per cent. Only is converted into indicated work. With gas it is sometimes as much as 28 per cent; more Often. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from A Text-Book on Gas, Oil, and Air Engines One reason which may account for the great develop ment Of gas and Oil motors, besides their convenience and absence of a boiler, is their much larger thermal efficiency, as compared with that of steam engines. The best modern compound or triple steam motors, using 120 to lbs. Steam pressure, working with about the same piston speed as gas engines, give from 10 to 15 per cent. Heat efficiency; in other words, Of the total heat given to the engine, some 12 per cent. Only is converted into indicated work. With gas it is sometimes as much as 28 per cent; more Often. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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