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Action of Four-cycle Engine 38
Action of Le Rhone Rotary Engine 503
Action of Two-cycle Engine 41
Action of Vacuum Feed System 119
Actual Duration of Different Functions 93
Actual Heat Efficiency 62
Adiabatic Diagram 51
Adiabatic Law 50
Adjustment of Bearings 449
Adjustment of Carburetors 151
Aerial Motors, Must be Light 20
Aerial Motors, Operating Conditions of 19
Aerial Motors, Requirements of 19
Aeromarine Six-cylinder Engine 527
Aeronautics, Division in Branches 18
Aerostatics 18
Air-cooled Engine Design 229
Air-cooling Advantages 231
Air-cooling, Direct Method 228
Air-cooling Disadvantages 231
Air-cooling Systems 223
Aircraft, Heavier Than Air 17
Aircraft, Lighter Than Air 18
Aircraft Types, Brief Consideration of 17
Air Needed to Burn Gasoline 113
Airplane Engine, Power Needed 21
Airplane Engines, Overhauling 412
Airplane Engine, How to Time 269
Airplane Engine Lubrication 209
Airplane, How Supported 21
Airplane Motors, German 543
Airplane Motor Types 20
Airplane Motors, Weight of 21
Airplane Power Plant Installation 324
Airplane Types 18
Airplanes, Horse-power Used in 26
Air Pressure Diminution, With Altitude 144
Altitude, How it Affects Mixture 153
Aluminum, Use in Pistons 297
American Aviation Engines, Statistics 546
Anzani Radial Engine Installation 344
Anzani Six-cylinder Star Engine 465
Anzani Six-cylinder Water-cooled Engine 459
Anzani Ten- and Twenty-cylinder Engines 468
Anzani Three-cylinder Engine 459
Anzani Three-cylinder Y Type 462
Argus Engine Construction 545
Armature Windings 168
Atmospheric Conditions, Compensating For 143
Austro-Daimler Engine 557
Aviatics 18
Aviation Engine, Aeromarine 527
Aviation Engine, Anzani Six-cylinder Star 465
Aviation Engine, Canton and Unné 469
Aviation Engine Cooling 219
Aviation Engine, Curtiss 519
Aviation Engine Cylinders 233
Aviation Engine, Early Gnome 472
Aviation Engine, German Gnome Type 495
Aviation Engine, Gnome Monosoupape 486
Aviation Engine, How To Dismantle 415
Aviation Engine, How to Start 460
Aviation Engine, Le Rhone Rotary 495
Aviation Engine Oiling 218
Aviation Engine Parts, Functions of 82
Aviation Engine, Renault Air-cooled 507
Aviation Engine, Stand for Supporting 414
Aviation Engine, Sturtevant 515
Aviation Engine, Thomas-Morse 521
Aviation Engine Types 457
Aviation Engine, Wisconsin 531
Aviation Engines, Anzani Six-cylinder Water-cooled 459
Aviation Engines, Anzani Ten- and Twenty-cylinder 468
Aviation Engines, Anzani Three-cylinder 459
Aviation Engines, Anzani Y Type 462
Aviation Engines, Argus 545
Aviation Engines, Austro-Daimler 557
Aviation Engines, Benz 551
Aviation Engines, Four- and Six-cylinder 88
Aviation Engines, German 543
Aviation Engines, Hall-Scott 539
Aviation Engines, Hispano-Suiza 512
Aviation Engines, Mercedes 543
Aviation Engines, Overhauling 412
Aviation Engines, Principal Parts of 80
Aviation Engines, Starting Systems For 567
Aviation Engines, Sunbeam 558
B
Balanced Crank-shafts 318
Ball-bearing Crank-shafts 319
Battery Ignition Systems 571
Baverey Compound Nozzle 137
Bearings, Adjustment of 449
Bearing Alignment 453
Bearing Brasses, Fitting 450
Bearing Parallelism, Testing 453
Bearing Scrapers and Their Use 446
Benz Aviation Engines 551
Benz Engine Statistics 551
Berling Magneto 174
Berling Magneto, Adjustment of 180
Berling Magneto Care 180
Berling Magneto Circuits 176
Berling Magneto, Setting 178
Block Castings 234
Blowing Back 269
Bolts, Screwing Down 452
Bore and Stroke Ratio 240
Boyle’s Law 49
Brayton Engine 48
Breaker Box, Adjustment of 180
Breast and Hand Drills 387
Burning Out Carbon Deposits 421
Bushings, Camshaft, Wear in 456
C
Calipers, Inside and Outside 398
Cam Followers, Types of 260
Cams for Valve Actuation 259
Cam-shaft Bushings 456
Cam-shaft Design 313
Cam-shaft Drive Methods 261
Cam-shaft Testing 451
Cam-shafts and Timing Gears 456
Canton and Unné Engine 469
Carbon, Burning out with Oxygen 421
Carbon Deposits, Cause of 418
Carbon Removal 419
Carbon Scrapers, How Used 420
Carburetion Principles 112
Carburetion System Troubles 355
Carburetor, Claudel 127
Carburetor, Compound Nozzle Zenith 135
Carburetor, Concentric Float and Jet Type 125
Carburetor, Duplex Zenith 138
Carburetor, Duplex Zenith, Trouble in 357
Carburetor Installation, In Airplanes 148
Carburetor, Le Rhone 501
Carburetor, Master Multiple Jet 133
Carburetor, Schebler 125
Carburetor Troubles, How to Locate 354
Carburetor, Two Stage 131
Carburetor, What it Should Do 114
Carburetors, Float Feed 122
Carburetors, Multiple Nozzle 130
Carburetors, Notes on Adjustment 151
Carburetors, Reversing Position of 149
Carburetors, Spraying 120
Care of Dixie Magneto 188
Castor Oil, for Cylinder Lubrication 205
Castor Oil, Why Used In Gnome Engines 211
Center Gauge 403
Chisels, Forms of 384
Christensen Air Starting System 567
Circuits, Magnetic 161
Classification of Engines 458
Claudel Carburetor 127
Cleaning Distributor 180
Clearances Between Valve Stem and Actuators 261
Combustion Chamber Design 239
Combustion Chambers, Spherical 76
Common Tools, Outfit of 378
Comparing Two-cycle and Four-cycle Types 44
Compound Cam Followers 260
Compound Piston Rings 301
Compressed Air Starting System 565
Compression, Factors Limiting 69
Compression, in Explosive Motors, Value of 68
Compression Pressures, Chart for 72
Compression Temperature 71
Computations for Horse-power Needed 25
Computations for Temperature 52
Concentric Piston Ring 299
Concentric Valves 255
Connecting Rod Alignment, Testing 454
Connecting Rod, Conventional 308
Connecting Rod Forms 305
Connecting Rod, Gnome Engine 305
Connecting Rods, Fitting 449
Connecting Rods for Vee Engines 310
Connecting Rods, Le Rhone 498
Connecting Rods, Master 310
Constant Level Splash System 215
Construction of Dixie Magneto 186
Construction of Pistons 288
Conversion of Heat to Power 58
Cooling by Air 223
Cooling by Positive Water Circulation 224
Cooling, Heat Loss in 66
Cooling System Defects 358
Cooling Systems Used 223
Cooling Systems, Why Needed 219
Cotter Pin Pliers 384
Crank-case, Conventional 320
Crank-case Forms 320
Crank-case, Gnome 323
Crank-shaft, Built Up 315
Crank-shaft Construction 315
Crank-shaft Design 315
Crank-shaft Equalizer 449
Crank-shaft Form 315
Crank-shaft, Gnome Engine 483
Crank-shafts, Balanced 318
Crank-shafts, Ball Bearing 319
Cross Level 403
Crude Petroleum, Distillates of 111
Curtiss Aviation Engines 519
Curtiss Engine Installation 328
Curtiss Engine Repairing Tools 408
Cutting Oil Grooves 448
Cylinder Blocks, Advantages of 237
Cylinder Block, Duesenberg 235
Cylinder Castings, Individual 234
Cylinder Construction 233
Cylinder Faults and Correction 416
Cylinder Form and Crank-shaft Design 238
Cylinder Head Packings 417
Cylinder Head, Removable 239
Cylinder, I Head Form 248
Cylinder, L Head Form 248
Cylinder Oils 206
Cylinder Placing 20
Cylinder Placing in V Motor 99
Cylinder Retention, Gnome 475
Cylinder, T Head Form 248
Cylinders, Cast in Blocks 235
Cylinders, Odd Number in Rotary Engines 482
Cylinders, Repairing Scored 423
Cylinders, Valve Location in 245
D
Defects in Cylinders 417
Defects in Dry Battery 373
Defects in Fuel System 354
Defects in Induction Coil 373
Defects in Magneto 372
Defects in Storage Battery 372
Defects in Timer 373
Defects in Wiring and Remedies 373
Die Holder 394
Dies for Thread Cutting 395
Diesel Motor Cards 67
Diesel System 144
Direct Air Cooling 228
Dirigible Balloons 18
Dismantling Airplane Engine 415
Distillates of Crude Petroleum 111
Division of Circle in Degrees 268
Dixie Ignition Magneto 184
Dixie Magneto, Care of 188
Draining Oil From Crank-case 214
Drilling Machines 386
Drills, Types and Use 388
Driving Cam-shaft, Methods of 262
Dry Cell Battery, Defects in 373
Duesenberg Sixteen Valve Engine 525
Duesenberg Valve Action 255
Duplex Zenith Carburetor 138
E
Early Gnome Motor, Construction of 472
Early Ignition Systems 155
Early Types of Gas Engine 28
Early Vaporizer Forms 120
Eccentric Piston Ring 299
Economy, Factors Governing 64
Efficiency, Actual Heat 62
Efficiency, Maximum Theoretical 61
Efficiency, Mechanical 62
Efficiency of Internal Combustion Engine 60
Efficiency, Various Measures of 61
Eight-cylinder Engine 95
Eight-cylinder Timing Diagram 276
Electricity and Magnetism, Relation of 162
Electrical Ignition Best 156
Electric Starting Systems 569
Engine, Advantages of V Type 95
Engine Base Construction 319
Engine Bearings, Adjusting 443
Engine Bearings, Refitting 442
Engine Bed Timbers, Standard 330
Engine, Four-cycle, Action of 38
Engine, Four-cycle, Piston Movements in 40
Engine Functions, Duration of 93
Engine Ignition, Locating Troubles 353
Engine Installation, Gnome 344
Engine Installation, Anzani Radial 344
Engine Installation, Hall-Scott 332
Engine Installation, Rotary 342
Engine Operation, Sequence of 84
Engine Parts and Functions 80
Engine Starts Hard, Ignition Troubles Causing 369
Engine Stoppage, Causes of 347
Engine Temperatures 221
Engine Trouble Charts 369
Engine Troubles, Cooling 358
Engine Troubles, Hints For Locating 345
Engine Troubles, Ignition 353
Engine Troubles, Noisy Operation 359
Engine Troubles, Oiling 357
Engine Troubles Summarized 350
Engine, Two-cycle, Action of 41
Engines, Classification of 458
Engines, Cylinder Arrangement 31-32
Engines, Eight-cylinder V 95
Engines, Four-cylinder Forms 88
Engines, Graphic Comparison of 33-34-35
Engines, Internal Combustion, Types of 30
Engines, Multiple Cylinder, Power Delivery in 91
Engines, Multiple Cylinder, Why Best 83
Engines, Rotary Cylinder 107
Engines, Six-cylinder Forms 88
Engines, Twelve-cylinder 96
Equalizer, Crank-shaft 449
Exhaust Closing 270
Exhaust Valve Design, Early Gnome 475
Exhaust Valve Opening 270
Explosive Gases, Mixtures of 56
Explosive Motors, Inefficiency in 74
Explosive Motors, Why Best 27
F
Factors Governing Economy 64
Factors Limiting Compression 70
Faults in Ignition 352
Figuring Horse-power Needed 21
Files, Use and Care of 383
First Law of Gases 49
Fitting Bearings By Scraping 447
Fitting Brasses 450
Fitting Connecting Rods 449
Fitting Main Bearings 448
Fitting Piston Rings 439
Float Feed Carburetor Development 124
Float Feed Carburetors 122
Force Feed Oiling System 218
Forked Connecting Rods 310
Four-cycle Engine, Action of 38
Four-cycle Engine, Why Best 45
Fourteen-cylinder Engine 474
Four Valves Per Cylinder 284
Friction, Definition of 302
Fuel Feed By Gravity 116
Fuel Feed by Vacuum Tank 117
Fuel Storage and Supply 116
Fuel Strainers, Types of 141
Fuel Strainers, Utility of 140
Fuel System Faults 354
Fuel System Installation, Hall-Scott 336
Fuel System, Gnome 490
Fuel Utilization Chart 62
G
Gas Engine, Beau de Rocha’s Principles 59
Gas Engine Development 28
Gas Engine, Early Forms of 48
Gas Engine, Inventors of 29
Gas Engine, Theory of 47
Gases, Compression of 49
Gases, First Law of 49
Gases, Second Law of 50
Gaskets, How to Use 452
Gasoline, Air Needed to Burn 113
Gas Engines, Parts of 80
Gas Vacuum Engine, Brown’s 28
German Airplane Motors 543
German Gnome Type Engine 495
Gnome Aviation Engine, Early Form 472
Gnome Crank-shaft 483
Gnome Cylinder, Machining 489
Gnome Cylinder Retention 475
Gnome Engine, Fuel, Lubrication and Ignition 490
Gnome Engine, German Type 495
Gnome Engine Installation 344
Gnome Firing Order 482
Gnome Fourteen-cylinder, Engine 474
Gnome Fourteen-cylinder Engine Details 480
Gnome Monosoupape, How to Time 278
Gnome Monosoupape Type Engine 486
Graphic Comparison of Engine Types 33-34-35
Graphic Comparison, Two- and Four-cycle 46
Gravity Feed System 116
Grinding Valves 429
H
Hall-Scott Aviation Engines 539
Hall-Scott Engine Installation 332
Hall-Scott Engine, Preparations For Starting 341
Hall-Scott Engine Tools 410
Hall-Scott Lubrication System 211
Hall-Scott Statistic Sheet 544
Heat and Its Work 54
Heat in Gas Engine Cylinder 69
Heat Given to Cooling Water 78
Heat Loss, Causes of 74
Heat Loss in Airplane Engine 221
Heat Loss in Wall Cooling 65
High Altitude, How it Affects Power 144
High Tension Magneto 172
Hints For Locating Engine Troubles 345
Hints for Starting Engine 361
Hispano-Suiza Model A Engine 512
Horse-power Needed in Airplane 21
Horse-power Needed, How Figured 22
How An Engine is Timed 277
I
Ignition, Electric 156
Ignition, Elements of 157
Ignition of Gnome Engine 490
Ignition System, Battery 571
Ignition Systems, Early 155
Ignition System Faults 352
Ignition, Time of 273
Ignition, Two Spark 196
I Head Cylinders 248
Improvements in Gas Engines 29
Indicating Meters, Engine Speed 563
Indicating Meters, Oil and Air Pressure 563
Indicator Cards, How To Read 66
Indicator Cards, Value of 66
Individual Cylinder Castings 234
Induction Coil, Defects in 373
Inefficiency, Causes of 74
Inlet Valve Closing 272
Inlet Valve Opening 270
Installation, Airplane Engine 324
Installation, Curtiss OX-2 Engine 328
Installation, Hall-Scott Engine 332
Installation of Rotary Engines 342
Intake Manifold Construction 143
Intake Manifold Design 142
Internal Combustion Engine, Efficiency of 60, 62
Internal Combustion Engines, Main Types of 30
Inverted Engine Placing 325
Isothermal Diagram 51
Isothermal Law 48
K
Keeping Oil Out of Combustion Chamber 303
Knight Sleeve Valves 266
L
Lag and Lead, Explanation of 268
Lapping Crank-pins 445
Lead Given Exhaust Valve 270
Leak Proof Piston Rings 301
Lenoir Engine Action 48
Le Rhone Cams and Valve Actuation 500
Le Rhone Carburetor 501
Le Rhone Connecting Rod Assembly, Distinctive 498
Le Rhone Engine Action 503
Le Rhone Rotary Engine 495
L Head Cylinders 248
Liquid Fuels, Properties of 110
Locating Carburetor Troubles 354
Locating Engine Troubles 350
Locating Ignition Troubles 353
Locating Oiling Troubles 357
Location of Magneto Trouble 181
Losses in Wall Cooling 65
Lost Power and Overheating, Summary of Troubles Causing 363
Lubricants, Derivation of 204
Lubricants, Requirements of 204
Lubricating System Classification 208
Lubricating Systems, Selection of 208
Lubrication By Constant Level Splash System 215
Lubrication By Dry Crank-case Method 218
Lubrication By Force Feed Best 218
Lubrication of Magneto 180
Lubrication System, Gnome 490
Lubrication System, Hall-Scott 211
Lubrication System, Thomas-Morse 210
Lubrication, Theory of 202
Lubrication, Why Necessary 201
M
Magnetic Circuits 161
Magnetic Influence Defined 158
Magnetic Lines of Force 161
Magnetic Substances 158
Magnetism, Flow Through Armature 166
Magnetism, Fundamentals of 157
Magnetism, Relation to Electricity 162
Magneto, Action of High Tension 173
Magneto Armature Windings 168
Magneto, Basic Principles of 163
Magneto, Berling 174
Magneto, Defects in 372
Magneto Distributor, Cleaning 180
Magneto Ignition Systems 169
Magneto Ignition Wiring 179
Magneto Interrupter, Adjustment of 180
Magneto, Low Voltage 168
Magneto, Lubrication of 180
Magneto Maintenance 180
Magneto, Method of Driving 175
Magneto Parts and Functions 167
Magneto, The Dixie 184
Magneto Timing 179
Magneto, Timing Dixie 188
Magneto, Transformer System 171
Magneto Trouble, Location of 181
Magneto, True High Tension 172
Magneto, Two Spark Dual 177
Magnets, Forms of 160
Magnets, How Produced 162
Magnets, Properties of 159
Main Bearings, Fitting 448
Manifold, Intake 143
Master Multiple Jet Carburetor 133
Master Rod Construction 310
Maximum Theoretical Efficiency 61
Meaning of Piston Speed 241
Measures of Efficiency 61
Measuring Tools 397
Mechanical Efficiency 62
Mercedes Aviation Engine 543
Metering Pin Carburetor, Stewart 128
Micrometer Caliper, Beading 405
Micrometer Calipers, Types and Use 404
Mixture, Effect of Altitude on 153
Mixture, Proportions of 151
Mixture, Starvation of 149
Monosoupape Gnome Engine 486
Mother Bod, Gnome Engine 305
Motor Misfires, Carburetor Faults Causing 374
Motor Misfires, Ignition Troubles Causing 370
Motor Races, Carburetor Faults Causing 374
Motor Starts Hard, Carburetor Faults Causing 374
Motor Stops In Flight, Carburetor Faults 374
Motor Stops Without Warning, Ignition Troubles 370
Multiple Cylinder Engine, Why Best 83
Multiple Nozzle Vaporizers 129
Multiple Valve Advantages 286
N
Noisy Engine Operation, Causes of 359
Noisy Operation, Carburetor Faults Causing 374
Noisy Operation, Summary of Troubles Causing 365
O
Off-set Cylinders, Reason for 243
Oil Bi-pass, Function of 213
Oil, Draining From Crank-case 214
Oil Grooves, Cutting 448
Oil Pressure in Hall-Scott System 214
Oil Pressure Relief Bi-pass 213
Oiling System Defects 357
Oils for Cylinder Lubrication 206
Oils for Hall-Scott Engine 215
Oils for Lubrication 204
Operating Principles of Engines 37
Oscillating Piston Pin 295
Otto Four-cycle Cards 67
Overhauling Aviation Engines 412
Overhead Cam-shaft Location 252
Overheating, Causes of 359
P
Panhard Concentric Valves 255
Petroleum, Distillates of 111
Piston, Differential 291
Piston Pin Retention 293
Piston Ring Construction 298
Piston Ring Joints 299
Piston Ring Manipulation 438
Piston Ring Troubles 437
Piston Rings, Compound 301
Piston Rings, Concentric 299
Piston Rings, Eccentric 299
Piston Rings, Fitting 439
Piston Rings, Leak Proof 301
Piston Rings, Replacing 441
Piston Speed in Airplane Engines 241
Piston Speed, Meaning of 241
Piston Troubles and Remedies 436
Pistons, Aluminum 296
Pistons, Details of 288
Pistons for Two-cycle Engines 289
Positive Valve Systems 283
Power, Affected by High Altitude 145
Power Delivery in Multiple Cylinder Engines 91
Power, How Obtained From Heat 58
Power Needed in Airplane Engines 21
Power Used in Airplanes 26
Precautions in Assembling Parts 452
Pressure Relief Fitting 213
Pressures and Temperatures 63
Principles of Carburetion 112
Principles of Magneto Action 163
Properties of Cylinder Oils 207
Properties of Liquid Fuels 110
Pump Circulation Systems 226
Pump Forms 226
R
Radial Cylinder Arrangement 103
Reading Indicator Cards 67
Reamers, Types and Use 392
Reassembling Parts, Precautions in 451
Removable Cylinder Head 239
Renault Air Cooled Engine 507
Renault Engine Details 508
Repairing Scored Cylinders 423
Requisites for Best Power Effect 59
Reseating and Truing Valves 426
Resistance, Influence of 22
Rotary Cylinder Engines 107
Rotary Engine, Le Rhone 495
Rotary Engines, Castor Oil for 211
Rotary Engines, Installing 342
Rotary Engines, Why Odd Number of Cylinders 109
Rotary Engines, Why Odd Number of Cylinders Is Used 482
S
S. A. E. Engine Bed Dimensions 330
Salmson Nine-cylinder Engine 470
Scissors Joint Rods 310
Scored Cylinders, Repairing 422
Scrapers, Types of Bearing 446
Scraping Bearings to Fit 447
Second Law of Gases 50
Sequence of Engine Operation 84
Shebler Carburetor 125
Six-cylinder Timing Diagram 275
Sixteen Valve Duesenberg Engine 525
Skipping or Irregular Operation, Causes of 367
Sliding Sleeve Valves 266
Spark Plug Air Gaps, Setting 197
Spark Plug, Design of 193
Spark Plug, Mica 194
Spark Plug, Porcelain 193
Spark Plugs, Defects in 371
Spark Plugs for Two Spark Ignition 197
Spark Plug, Special for Airplane Engine 199
Spark Plug, Standard S. A. E. 195
Spherical Combustion Chambers 76
Splash Lubrication 215
Split Pin Remover 384
Spraying Carburetors 120
Springless Valves 280
Springs, for Valves 263
Spring Winder 384
Sprung Cam-shaft, Testing 451
Stand for Supporting Engine 414
Starting Engine, Hints for 361
Starting Hall-Scott Engine 341
Starting System, Christensen 567
Starting Systems, Compressed Air 565
Starting Systems, Electric 569
Statistics, American Engines 546, 547
Statistic Sheet, Hall-Scott Engines 544
Statistics of Benz Engine 551
Steam Engine, Efficiency of 59
Steam Engine, Why Not Used 27
Steel Scale, Machinists’ 399
Stewart Metering Pin Carburetor 128
Storage Battery, Defects in 372
Stroke and Bore Ratio 240
Sturtevant Model 5A Engine 515
Summary of Engine Types 30
Sunbeam Aviation Engines 588
Sunbeam Eighteen-Cylinder Engine 561
T
Tap and Die Sets 397
Taps for Thread Cutting 394
Tee Head Cylinders 247
Temperature Computations 52
Temperatures and Explosive Pressures 64
Temperatures and Pressures 63
Temperatures, Operating 221
Testing Bearing Parallelism 453
Testing Connecting Rod Alignment 454
Testing Fit of Bearings 446
Testing Sprung Cam-shaft 451
Theory of Gas Engine 47
Theory of Lubrication 203
Thermo-syphon Cooling System 227
Thomas-Morse Aviation Engine 521
Thomas-Morse Lubrication System 210
Thread Pitch Gauge 403
Time of Ignition 273
Timer, Defects in 373
Times of Explosion 56
Timing Dixie Magneto 188
Timing Gears, Effects of Wear 456
Timing Magneto 179
Timing Valves 267
Tool Outfits, Typical 408
Tools for Adjusting and Erecting 378
Tools for Bearing Work 445
Tools for Curtiss Engines 408
Tools for Grinding Valves 430
Tools for Hall-Scott Engines 410, 411
Tools for Measuring 397
Tools for Reseating Valves 426
Trouble in Carburetion System 355
Trouble, Location of Magneto 181
Troubles, Engine, How to Locate 345
Troubles, Ignition 353
Troubles in Oiling System 357
True High Tension Magneto 172
Twelve-Cylinder Engines 96
Two-and Four-Cycle Types, Comparison of 44
Two-Cycle Engine Action 41
Two-Cycle Three-Port Engine 43
Two-Cycle Two-Port Engine 42
Two-Spark Ignition 196
Two-Stage Carburetor 131
Types of Aircraft 17
Types of Internal Combustion Engines 30
V
Vacuum Fuel Feed, Stewart 119
Value of Compression 69
Value of Indicator Cards 66
Valve Actuation, Le Rhone 500
Valve Design and Construction 256
Valve-Grinding Processes 429
Valve-Lifting Cams 259
Valve-Lifting Plungers 260
Valve Location Practice 245
Valve Operating Means 252
Valve Operating System, Depreciation in 433
Valve Operation 258
Valve Removal and Inspection 424
Valve Seating, How to Test 432
Valve Springs 263
Valve Timing, Exhaust 270
Valve Timing, Gnome Monosoupape 278
Valve Timing, Intake 270
Valve Timing, Lag and Lead 269
Valve Timing Procedure 277
Valve Timing Practice 267
Valves, Electric Welded 258
Valves, Flat and Bevel Seat 257
Valves, Four per Cylinder 284
Valves, How Placed in Cylinder 247
Valves in Cages 249
Valves in Removable Heads 249
Valves, Materials Used for 258
Valves, Reseating 426
Vaporizer, Simple Forms of 120
V Engines, Cylinder Arrangement in 102
Vernier, How Used 401
W
Wall Cooling, Losses in 65
Water Cooling by Natural Circulation 227
Water Cooling System 224
Weight of Airplane Motors 21
Wiring, Defects in 373
Wiring Magneto Ignition System 179
Wisconsin Engines 531
Wrenches, Forms of 380
Wristpin Retention 293
Wristpin Retention Locks 295
Wristpin Wear and Remedy 442
Z
Zenith Carburetor, Action of 137
Zenith Duplex Carburetor, Troubles in 356
Zenith Carburetor Installation 139