Excerpt from I H C Victor and Famous Gas and Gasoline Engines: Operated With Gasoline, Natural, Manufactured or Producer Gas, Kerosene or Alcohol; Vertical and Horizontal Types; Stationary and Portable Tank Cooled, Hopper Cooled, and Air-Cooled, 1 to 35-Horse Power Gasoline Tractors The I H C line of gasoline engines offers unequalled opportunity for selecting efficient and economical power. This line includes engines of almost every type and size adapted to farm, shop, and mill use, and every engine is characterized by simple and durable construction. Every feature of I H C gasoline engines is the result of years of thorough and conscientious investigation of every phase of engine construction. No effort has been spared to make these engines simple, reliable, and capable of utilizing fuel to the greatest possible advantage. Strength - To be a profitable investment a gasoline engine must be so constructed that it will last for many years. The use of high-grade material alone is not sufficient to insure this. The different parts of the engine must be con structed strong enough and heavy enough to withstand the strain under which they operate. The designers of I H C engines have made a careful study of this subject and the result is that I H C engines are properly proportioned throughout - not too heavy - mot clumsy - but neat, attractive, and equal to any emergency. Simplicity - Everyone appreciates the fact that simplicity of design in any machine is highly desirable, but few realize how difficult it is to attain. The absence of all unnecessary or complicated parts on I H C engines makes them very easy to operate, start, or stop. It also eliminates, to a great extent, the possibility of the engine getting out of order, and makes repairing, when necessary, a simple matter. The simplicity of I H C engines contributes largely towards their popularity as it makes it possible for even an inexperienced person to operate them. Economy - Every effort has been made in designing and constructing I H C engines to insure a proper utilization of fuel. The pistons are accurately fitted and are provided with lap joint piston rings which prevent any loss of compression, as a loss of compression would mean a loss of power. The explosive charge which is used to drive the piston in a gasoline engine is a mixture of vaporized gasoline and air. The proportions in which these are mixed determines to a considerable degree the economy and effectiveness of the engine. The mixers used on I H C engines have received careful attention and are so constructed that liquid fuel is not forced into the cylinder and wasted, but a properly proportioned atomized mixture is fed into the cylinder at the right time to insure maximum power from the resulting explosion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.