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1894 Article-Pacific Gas Engine Co., Stationary & Marine Gas Engines |
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Proceedings of the American Gas Institute, V 10 #2, Apr 1894, Appendix pgs. 57-58 |
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2/28/2014 12:24:38 PM |
This engine may be said to be the prominent engine of the Pacific territory. Designed in 1889 by Messrs. Daly and Barrett, it has been made in sizes from 1 to 60 H. P., and in various forms, both vertical and horizontal. The one illustrated is that which has been, perhaps, the standard small power stationary type. In general effect it resembles the usual vertical steam engine. In action it is an Otto cycle, with poppet valves. In ignition it used a device so similar to the Regan flexible electrode action that litigation ensued which ultimately resulted in the consolidation of the two concerns under the name of the Union Gas Engine Co., which company now handles it in San Francisco territory. In the East it is handled by the Globe Gas Engine Co., of 22 So. 15th street, Philadelphia. The governing of this engine is the same as in the “Union "—which see.
The Pacific engine has probably done the largest business of any gas or gasoline engine in the field of small boat propulsion; for which reason I illustrate, herewith, the present standard form of twin cylinder launch motor. |
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1894 Pacific Gas Engine Co., Stationary Gas Engine
1894 Pacific Gas Engine Co., Marine Gas Engine
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