A Power Primer - An Introduction to the Internal Combustion Engine

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Transportation, Automotive, History, Domestic
Cover of the book A Power Primer - An Introduction to the Internal Combustion Engine by Public Relations Staff GENERAL MOTORS, Edizioni Savine
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Author: Public Relations Staff GENERAL MOTORS ISBN: 9788896365410
Publisher: Edizioni Savine Publication: December 19, 2013
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Public Relations Staff GENERAL MOTORS
ISBN: 9788896365410
Publisher: Edizioni Savine
Publication: December 19, 2013
Imprint:
Language: English

“ … This might be called a "sketch book of engines." Pictures have been substituted for words wherever possible, and the technical language has been held to a minimum. Most people today have at least a nodding acquaintance with the internal combustion engine. To the great majority it is what makes an automobile go. But to others it may be the motive power for a tractor or truck, a cruiser or a tug-boat, a fighter plane or a transport. It may furnish power and light to an isolated farm, to a saw-mill in the woods, or to an entire city. For today the internal combustion engine has invaded all fields, from the bottom of the ocean to the limits of the heavens.
We will demonstrate that they all are based on three things AIR, FUEL and IGNITION. We need those three things to make any internal combustion engine run. We have rather arbitrarily classified them in three groups: automobile, aircraft, and Diesel…”

(1955 - Public Relations Staff GENERAL MOTORS)

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“ … This might be called a "sketch book of engines." Pictures have been substituted for words wherever possible, and the technical language has been held to a minimum. Most people today have at least a nodding acquaintance with the internal combustion engine. To the great majority it is what makes an automobile go. But to others it may be the motive power for a tractor or truck, a cruiser or a tug-boat, a fighter plane or a transport. It may furnish power and light to an isolated farm, to a saw-mill in the woods, or to an entire city. For today the internal combustion engine has invaded all fields, from the bottom of the ocean to the limits of the heavens.
We will demonstrate that they all are based on three things AIR, FUEL and IGNITION. We need those three things to make any internal combustion engine run. We have rather arbitrarily classified them in three groups: automobile, aircraft, and Diesel…”

(1955 - Public Relations Staff GENERAL MOTORS)

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