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The Complete Guide to Stationary Gas Engines | 
 enlarge | Author: Mark Meincke
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $18.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 114715
Media: Paperback
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10.5 x 8.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 1419625691
Dewey Decimal Number: 620
EAN: 9781419625695
ASIN: 1419625691
Publication Date: February 20, 2007
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Product Description
The purpose of this book is to provide information on the history, design, function and manufacture of early internal combustion engines of the 19th century. The book covers all the basic systems of these 'flywheel' engines. Many of the puzzling components of the gas engine are thoroughly explained to the reader so that a general knowledge of their workings becomes clear. The chapters cover engine components in detail such as, magnetos, hot tube and sparkplug ignition, cooling systems, timing systems and different engine designs. The reader can also find useful collecting tips such as how to evaluate an engine before purchasing it and what a fair market price might be based on an engine's condition. The book explains how these engines were originally used in industry and on farms and businesses in America and the author shares his extensive research, cataloging over 3600 different engines and their manufacturers, dating from 1885 to 1940.
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Good Beginner's Guide March 7, 2008
This is a basic guide appropriate for a beginner. There are a few more-detailed and comprehensive guides that will appeal to those beyond the "beginner" category however - but this guide is a good starting place. I don't know what the deal is with the astronomical price on this edition - opt for the more recent addition for around $19.
OK for beginners November 1, 2001
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is one of those books that you can read through in a matter of a few hours. There are lots of pictures, but the vast majority of them are quite small, so trying to extract any amount of detail from the photos is fruitless.The title "a complete guide" left me expecting quite a bit more from this book. A good many of the pages are dedicated to the names of each and every manufacturer known to the author, as well as the home town of said manufacturer. I guess this information might prove useful to some people, but it did not do much for me! Another aspect of this book is a price guide for many makes and models of engines. Personally, I found the prices to be a bit low based on sales in my area, but that might just be a reflection of the rate of inflation between the publish date and now. Either way, the pages dedicated to the price guide are pretty much dated information.
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