[SEL] question about oil engines

[john palmer]

The oil that the early engines used here in England,such as Hornsby,Crossley,Campbell,Petter,etc,etc,All used without exception what we called 'lamp oil'.What you guys call kerosene,we also called it paraffin. They all again without exception were low compression engines that relied on retained heat in the vapouriser to effect ignition. Hornsby claimed to preempt Dr Diesel which was ridiculous but that jealousy still exist to some extent today hear in good old England. Cummins called these engines an interim solution,they were a stop gap till the Diesel was commercially acceptable.they were either too hot or too cold,I would not like to have used them commercially.It was not till later 1910? that the heavier oils such as Gas oil was used.The term Gas oil was used because it was used in gas industry to enrich coal gas.It was what we term today Diesel Fuel.About this time light crude,boiler fuel was used here as well.Semi Diesel is a term that came in around 1910,usually two stroke direct injection engines,with higher pressures,by nowhere near a Diesel.> From: ilifa at internode.on.net> To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 11:03:27 +1100> Subject: Re: [SEL] question about oil engines> > > On 05/02/2009, at 10:19 AM, Rob Skinner wrote:> > > I did a more comprehensive, although not nearly all-inclusive article> > that you can download:> > http://engines.rustyiron.com/articles/AlternativeFuel.pdf> > Rob, as you said, "oil" was a very flexible term. In Australia we even > had petrol engines referred to as oil engines. It seems that any > petroleum product fitted the bill.> > Had a look at your above article. One think I am curious about is the > inclusion of the Australian Jelbart in your photos. I say this because > it was a spark ignition engine and the others, with the exception of > the Blackstone, are all lamp start.> > Eric> _______________________________________________> SEL mailing list> SEL at lists.stationary-engine.com> http://www.stationary-engine.com/mailman/listinfo/sel
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