magneto ignition
121History of electromagnetism — The history of electromagnetism, that is the human understanding and recorded use of electromagnetic forces, dates back over two thousand years ago, see Timeline of electromagnetism. The ancients must have been acquainted with the effects of… …
122Oswald Engine — The Oswald Engine was a gasoline powered internal combustion marine engine manufactured in San Francisco. They were available in two cylinder and four cylinder models. With a magneto and spark plug ignition. Oswald was a small company on Turk… …
123Panther Model 100 — from 1900 to 1967 [ http://www.pantherownersclub.com/PantherPage/ Panther owners club accesed 2008 05 04] ] . Launched in 1932, the Model 100 continued through to 1963. Whilst the engine and overall layout stayed essentially the same, the… …
124Sunbeam Matabele — The Sunbeam Matabele was the last development of one of Sunbeam s most successful aero engines, the Cossack. Design and development The Cossack was a twin overhead camshaft V12, with 4 valves per cylinder. The Matabele fitted this with two of the …
125Bosch, Robert — ▪ German engineer in full Robert August Bosch born Sept. 23, 1861, Albeck, near Ulm, Württemberg [Germany] died March 9, 1942, Stuttgart, Ger. German engineer and industrialist who was responsible for the invention of the spark plug and… …
1261977 Convair CV-300 crash — Convair CV 300 N55VM crash Accident summary Date October 20, 1977, at 18:52 (CST). Type Stalled due to fuel exhaustion, destroyed on impact during emergency landing attempt …
127Creamy Kate and Trailer — Creamy Kate at Junee Creamy Kate was a New South Wales Government Railways railmotor, numbered 38. She was a development of the 37 strong class CPH railmotor. Background The CPH rail motor was originally developed as a more economical replacement …
128Wasted spark — A wasted spark is when in an ignition system in a four stroke cycle internal combustion engine spark plugs fire in pairs, on both the exhaust and compression strokes. The extra spark on the exhaust stroke has no effect and is thus wasted . This… …
