A NEW GAS ENGINE.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 8, Issue 26, 29 March 1907, Page 2

A NEW GAS ENGINE.

What is pronounced by leading gas engine exports to be the acme .of gas engine construction has just been attained in the invention and successful construction of a rotary gas engine. This, by Us simplicity, its inexpensive construction, and the small space it occupies, combined with its great power, is certain, it is stated, to revolutionise not only the construction and the price of motorcars and motor-boats, but all kinds of methods of supplying power where engines of intricate and cumbersome construction and great price ace impractical. • lust when the motur-car '•manufacturers have expended millions in trying to solve the problem of .simplifying and perfecting the construction and operation of the motorpropellors, and have seemingly reached their limit, there has evolved this

"little giant,” which engineers say. is destined to do what motor manufacturers have sought for years to accomplish. .So simple and compact is the motor, that the observer involuntarily bespeaks his amazement at the possibility of its power and effectiveness. Occupying a space that makes it easily portable in a n ordinary hand-lag, and weighing about GS pounds, the engine can bo easily transporto<J by a person of ordinary s( rer.gl h.

Within the fly-wheel, which is hut twelve inches in diameter, are contained the cylinder, the piston, th> crank, and all the mechanism, with th ’ exception of the little carburetter width supplies the mixtute of gas and air. And this, with the lubricating cup, also outside, could easily be contained in on As two hands. Contained within this small space when the small fly wheel revolves is enemy measured at eight and twot nths horse-power.

'I lu> motor is so constructed th■ \t th> explosions of the mixture of gas ami air cause dm cylinder and o‘h>r parts to rotate around a stationary crankshaft, at the centre of the flywheel. The operation of the er.g'n • is such that the shock, which has been a problem to gas engine constructors, is absorbed, anti the vibration is. therefore, reduced to a minimum.