Details and performance of Richardsons-Westgarth double-acting 2-stroke engine with port scavenging, working with moderate compression pressure and employing solidinjection controlled-pump system of fuel injection; designed in endeavor to produce marine oil engine of high power per cylinder which would be low first cost and of simple construction; comparisons with other types as regards weight and space occupied and also between single- and double-acting oil-engine design. (See also - (abstract) in Engineer, vol. 141, nos. 3670 and 3671, Apr. 30, and May 21, 1926, pp. 494-496 and 534-535, 12 figs.)


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    Title :

    High-powered oil engines


    Additional title:

    North-East Coast Instn. Engrs. Shipbldrs. -- Advance paper


    Contributors:
    Burn, W.S. (author)

    Conference:

    North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders -- Meeting ; 1926 High-powered



    Publication date :

    1926


    Size :

    28 pages


    Remarks:

    26 Figs. Partly on Supp. plates


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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