[SEL] Gibbs & Russell

[Dave Rotigel]

Just A BIT defensive arn't we Denis?
	Dave

On May 20, 2012, at 7:12 PM, Denis Ludlow wrote:

> HEY Dave I hope you know more about old engines than you do about world
> news. Australia is not a third world country. Our economy is envied by the
> rest of the world including USA cheers Denis
> 
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> Sent: Monday, 21 May 2012 3:47 AM
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> 
> AGREED, but it's almost a SIN exporting so important a part of the USA
> cultural heritage to a 3rd world country where you would be required to put
> hog fencing around it!
> 	Dave
> 
> On May 20, 2012, at 10:33 AM, Arnie Fero wrote:
> 
>> Rob,
>> 
>> That's a really neat article on the Gibbs & Russell.  And you can really
>> see the "family resemblance" in the cross-head design to the later Gibbs &
>> Starret.
>> 
>> I was surprised that your otherwise excellent article didn't mention
>> Fithian and Carruthers invention of the clutch pulley which made the
>> half-breed concept possible.
>> 
> http://gasengine.farmcollector.com/Gas-Engines/HISTORICAL-SKETCH-HALF-BREED-
> ENGINES.aspx?page=2
>> www.google.com/patents/US682126.pdf
>> www.google.com/patents/US682127.pdf
>> 
>> See ya,  Arnie
>> 
>> PS - Patrick, really looking forward to the tale of how this engine made
>> it to Oz.
>> 
>> On Sun, May 20, 2012 9:49 am, Rob Skinner wrote:
>>> That's a whole lot of nice engines, Patrick!
>>> 
>>> I was especially surprised to see that the Gibbs & Russell had made it to
>>> Oz. Who owns it now? I did an article on that engine years ago.
>>> http://www.rustyiron.com/Articles/bouma'sone-of-a-.html
>> 
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