The Belgian engineer Rodolphe Mathot, who spent years testing gas and oil engines, sets out the principles of the gas engine and of the producer plants that made gas from coal, coke and wood. He covers choosing and installing an engine, conditions for perfect running, everyday care, and the volatile hydrocarbon and oil engines then coming into use.
A valuable record of early twentieth-century power technology, introduced by Sir Dugald Clerk, for historians of engineering and engine enthusiasts. Download the free EPUB.