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1898 Article-National Meter Co., Nash Vertical Gas Engine & Generator |
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Gas, Gasoline and Oil Vapor Engines, 1898 pg 335 |
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10/27/2012 8:24:32 PM |
Trial of a Nash Gas Engine
Fig. 259 represents a 20 horse-power Nash gas engine directly coupled by a friction-clutch to a six-pole compound wound generator, of the Riker Electric Motor Co., rated at 125 volts, 120 amperes at 300 revolutions per minute. The action of the engine is of the four-cycle type, with cranks at 180° and the valve gear arranged for an impulse at every revolution.
Gas used was of 701 heat units per cubic foot. Friction of engine and generator, 3.83 horse-power, without air compression.
Consumption of gas per brake horse-power, 17.62 cubic feet, including burner ignition, which was .25 cubic foot per hour per horse-power. |
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1898 National Meter Co., Nash Vertical Gas Engine & Generator
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