The Practical Design of Motor Cars |
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arrangement ball ball bearings bolts brake bush calculated cam shaft carburetter carried cast cause centre chamber clutch Coil Commutator compression cone cone clutch connecting rod considerably crank crank-shaft Crown 8vo cylinder Demy 8vo diameter differential gear driving pinion efficiency exhaust valve explosion fairly fitted fixed fly-wheel frame gear box gear wheels give gudgeon pin horse-power ignition inch-lbs increased induction pipe inland postage 4d inlet valve intermediate bearings internal-combustion engine joint Live Axle load lubrication magneto make-and-break maximum mean effective pressure method motor cars needle valve number of revolutions owing pinion pitch plates position practice pressure pump radius ratio rear axle reduced revolutions per minute road wheels runner running screwed side single-cylinder engine spindle spring square inch steel steering surface taken tappet teeth thrust top dead centre torque twisting stress universal joint usually vary vehicle wear weight worm
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Page 9 - B with the sound velocity where y is the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to the specific heat at constant volume, and p is the gas pressure.
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Page 14 - L is the length of the stroke in feet, A is the area of the piston in square inches, and N is the number of power strokes per minute.