Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-03-07
NEW CRUDE OIL MOTOR.
Oscar n. t.tera en sars Ills Nhgtne
Dauhie Pssrer-- s;cnenI 10
Automobt4eta.

Automobh-sta.
Ii 4 macll ne shop IA New York city
there was ia action the oGler aft
erlooa a gsaduai combustion fuel oil
engine witch. ii is believed by its in
yentor. has solved the problem Of
cheap power ana wili-mark the begin
ming OF d new era in mechanical speed
the world over, says the New York
Head.
Oscar II. Cstergren Of Brooklyn, the
designer OF Charles II. Fints fast
yacht, tie arrow, and also the designer
| Of a fast torpedo boat destroyer and
the holder Of many patents, is the In
yentor and is enthusiastic over his
motor.
Hoe are some Of the things he said
he believed it would do: R~evoludonize
ocean traffic and Go away with coating
stations, enable automobiles to SO at
eighty miles an hour as easily as they
now go at forty, send fast ex-
press trains from New York to San
Francisco without taking on a fresh
supply of fuel, give street car extra
speed, with noiseless, odorless engines,
at greatly reduced expense and even
tua1ly substitute waterless, boilerless
engines everywhere for steam and
make cheap fuel oil take the place Of
coal.
The new motor is constructed on the
general plan of a gas engine. being i'm
proved in many essential features, but
will use fuel oil in place of gasoline. 1t
is contended by the inventor and those
interested IN it that 1t increases the
power 100 per cent, produces the power
| fifteen times cheaper for each horse
power than steam, reduces the weight
of the engine many fold and may sup
plant any steam or gas engine In exist
ence.
1t is a two cycle engine and gets a
power stroke OF the piston for every
revolution of the shaft, being 80 adj
tusted that it is impossible to get a
back explosion, because the fuel Is
fused in at the proper moment and not
before. AS a result of these conditions,
the inventor says, it is possible TO re-
duce the water jacket on the cylinder
and run the engine without water cool
| ing appliances. The oil is taken in at
the top OF the cylinder. vaporized,
mixed with the proper amount of air,
and its consumption is said to be only
one-half pint of oil an hour for each
horsepower.
An ordinary one and a half horse
$1,000. O0ia- ,ao+ar xrod ncad FOR fhn
test. and this, being equipped with the
new attachment, was easily increased
to a capacity Of three horsepower.
| Crude petroleum was used In the en-
| CINE.
The motor is self starting and oper-
| ates without a spark. The inventor ex-
planned that the most important fea-
lures of his machines were in the con-
struction of the piston and the intro
duction of air and the cleaning of the
piston In such a way that all dead gases
are thrown of, preventing back TX
blossoms. The oil is conducted by a coil
through the exhaust, heating 1t to a
high temperature before 1t is indicted
into the top of the piston.
Consider its application to the use
of automobiles alone" said Mr.. Oster-
gren. at will double their speed, be-
cause l get with two strokes what 9th
er automobile engines get with four.
All dead gases in my machine are elm
mated, and there are no back eXplo-
sions to deter the power. Moreover, II
will do away with the water cooling
appliance, which is a nuisance and
frequently causes accident when the
water becomes exhausted. In cold
weather, too, the pipes often freeze.
"Other advantages of my engine for
automobiles are these: 1t will occupy
about half the space of engines In pres
ent use, it is so constructed as to dis
pense with all the heavy gearing now
required for reversing, it is self starting
and operates without q spark. To run
these engines will cost half a cent g
horsepower an hour, and enough fuel
oil may be tucked away in an automo-
bile to run it at a high rate of speed all
day and all night.
For vessels, particularly warships,
it will make 1t possible to do away
with coaling stations altogether, as
sufficient fuel oil may be carried in
convenient parts of the ship to last for
a very long period of time. When a
new supply of oil is needed, it may be
taken on from a tank ship in any
weather by the simple use of a flexible
hose"