Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-12
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Tho necessity for motor independent
of the unreliable wind, the inaccesSlp'o
water, the unavailable SKIN ana the OK
ponslye ana dangerous steam, particularly
for small units and in isolated situations
WINS the mother Of tho invention OF inc
gasoline engine. an instrument for mar
Messing the explosive force OF gasoline 20
useful work and while the best type OF
this machine and the problem both now
appear remarkable for their simplicity
tho road To the present high state OF per
lection m the machine has not been
reached without great cost ana PAINS
taking effort and has occupied the com
blped talents Of hundreds OF mcchanlclahs
fertile Of brain, and cunning OF hand Tor
a long period. The evolution OF 'he inu-
chine from an imperfect an dcomplek as-
gregaton Of parts, acting more or less OUT
OF harmony with each other, to us pres
ont simple and harmonious propofuohS
and eitciont and reliable action is tfuiy
wonderful. and these machines Of the best
class stand today unryale1 ms the idea
power. especially In small or moderate
sized units, where an independent sal''
ipliable. efficient, casity CohuOleui 40"
priced power ~ wanted.
For me benefit OF those totally unlh-
mdiar with the machine the lullO"lhH
somewhat elementary description ~ BlH-
en- 7 he general construction bI'"ug ~.
sembles that OF a steam engine, a plsNou
in the cylinder receiving impulses que "
expuisiOns OF specintdiiy pIopoiuoUeu
mature of air ana gasoline on ohn hluo
Of the piston only, governor Oh Nle
same general type as that USED IN steam
engine nut whose motion controls ths
number, instead OF the lntensiues OF these
Impulses, ANA which rs the reverse OF lllc
action OF the governor ot steam cn-
CINE but ~ accomplished III tho saHlJ
general manner ny the same Benelhl
means. and produces the same results
namely, conlronng the speed OF the ma
chine The Intervals between the impulses
IN gasoline engine beng longer ~ .llu
man those m steam engine, IL becomes
necessary TO use heavier hy-wheels 70 st-
cure greater storage OF power TO carry
The engine over these intervals without
serious loss Of speed,
The firing OF the charge OF gasoline ana
air ana the resultant internal explosion
from which the power Is derived, " hc-
compllshed In the best type VI engines ~
the following manners charge or All
equal to the cuDlc capacity OF lne Gym
der Is drawn IN. also ana AT the sumo tlIuH
Il small cnarge OF gasOnne, Say IRON one
10 three sman aropa TINS small quanu-
~ OF gasoline, mixed with 80 large pro-
portion Ol air Immediately Vapofilesi TINS
mixture entapped IN the enl of the Gym
uer Is CO impressed by the approaching pis-
ton, and an explosive density VI th's va,
pOr is obtained. which Is fired by an
electric spark Wtnn the cynnuer, tul-
nlshed by small battery without, con
tact OF the eiecIodes being secured by the
governor of the engine aud inelr number
limited also by the governor. The Wnolo
action being subject 10 a certain speed OF
engine, Tor when the governor has Deen
previously set
While il Is well known that gasoline Is
highly intlammable, aud even explosive, IL
H. "a fact that one OF the most delicate
Offices of u gasoline engine IS to bring
about tho proper conditions to produce
these EXPLOSIONS, and they are an wltnpi
the engine, ana these explosive conditions
cannot be soured around the engine ek-
tept by the grOsBest carelg5sies5 IN manu-
ling the gasoline, which usually IL and
always should be. stored IN a closed iron
tank The amount Of gasoline In transit
TO the engine at any tmu ~ extremely
small, aggregating ordinarily about ono
pint per ono hour for the labor of one
horse power. Further than TINS, to make
the engine do It's duty properly, the m
ternal explosion must be OF the utmost
attainable violence or strengths too much
gasoline failing TO explode, TOO little also
railing to explode, From this, II follows,
that explosions of the highest strength,
being the normal working condition, there
can be no unusual explosion as the
bursting OF steam pipe, Vt OF huCn Nlo-
lence as to do any Injury to the engine on
an attendant All gasoline engines are
provided with means for drawing their
supply of gasoline automatically from
some source of supply stored In AN iron
tank, as above Indicated placed In any
suitable location
All gas or gasoline engines require to
be started by hand or by some power
other than their own, IN order TO bring
about certain internal conditions capable
of predicting an explosion, which condi-
lions are u certain mixture OF air and
gasoline and certain density Of this
mixture. secured by compression, which
compression alone Will hold the particles
vi gasoline close enough together TO Sc
cure that rapidty of combustion called
explosion. After having attained one ex-
plosion. and start Of the engine az
routine conditions are right, the engine
viii then take care of itself and continue
In operation
The combustion or explosion OF gaso-
line within the cylinder generates large
amount of heat, not yet harnessed to use
ful work. which II not absorbed In some
way, would soon heat the walls of the
cylinder to so high temperature that the
charges within would be fired not SYM
enormously with, and against the direction