Title: Internal combustion engines /
Authors: Lichty, Lester Clyde,; Streeter, Robert Leroy,; Streeter, Robert L.
Date: 1939
Publisher: McGraw-Hill book company, inc.,
Physical description: vii, 603 pages : illustrations, diagrams (part folded) ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: T
Contents: Thermodynamics for engine analysis. -- Combustion process. -- Air standard cycle analysis. -- Engine process analysis. -- Liquid and gaseous fuels. -- Detonation and knock testing. -- Carburetion and fuel injection . -- Manifolds and mixture distribution. -- Valves and valve mechanisms. -- Ignition of the charge. -- Combustion chamber and cylinder head design. -- Engine lubrication. -- Engine cooling. -- Performance. -- Mechanics of principal moving parts. -- Vibration and balance. -- Design.
Notes: "This volume is more than a revision of the book by the same title which was first written by the late Robert L. Streeter in 1915 ... The undersigned [i.e., L. C. Lichty] assumed full responsibility for the third and fourth editions in 1929 and 1933 and now assumes full authorship for this edition." - Pref.
Subject headings (LCSH): Internal combustion engines.