Progress of Diesel Engine
Most of the developmental work on the compression ignition or Diesel engine has taken place in England and Europe, with England undoubtedly leading the field at the moment with some of her high-speed, smoothrunning units. Amex'ica entered the field fairly late but her engineers have been working away quietly to such good effect that one of the largest manufacturers has announced a complete range of Dieselengined commercial vehicles for 1939.
The engine used has many original points. It is a two-stroke design, but also has a simplified injection apparatus which, if it is as good as it appeal’s to be on specifications, will give a great impetus to the compression ignition principle. Practically all Diesel engines of today use a fuel injecting pump which because it has to calibrate the fuel so exactly for the different speeds, must be made to the fine 1/nits of a wrist watch, and, by the same token, has much of the watch's delicacy. It is an expensive unit which to some extent has held back the production of Diesels.
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Northern Advocate, 14 January 1939, Page 6
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179Progress of Diesel Engine Northern Advocate, 14 January 1939, Page 6
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