Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1917 — OIL ENGINES ARE EFFICIENT [ARTICLE]

OIL ENGINES ARE EFFICIENT

This Is Proved By Experiments on British Warships. Aa English naval architect in a recent study of the question of applying oil engines tor tee propulsion of warships, states that ta tee ease of a' bijttteSYii ho found that wite an equal number of shafts, equal power and speed can. be obtained wlte double-acting two-cycle engines as ~ with steam, auxiliaries being Included in eate case and tee machinery weights being awte says tee actantial. American. He found that'tee radius at action could be increased at full speed at least three times and at Pulsing speeds at leqat four times.