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Breckenridge—Engineering Experiment Station

Breckenridge—-Engineering Experiment Station

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and I 8 J 4 in. in diameter with a 12 in. stroke. A vertical receiver 42 in. by 8 ft. high is provided for use with the compressor. 7. A 50 H.P. suction gas producer built by the Otto Gas Engine Works. This producer is adapted to burning anthracite pea coal, coke or charcoal. Special apparatus is available for extensive investigations of gas producer problems. 8. An Otto gas engine of 23 H.P. capacity for use in connection with the gas producer. The engine cylinder is 10 in. in diameter, with a 19-in. stroke. It is provided with a compressed air starting device, sparking generator, speed indicators and all other instruments necessary for testing gas engines. Fig. 22;

14. Automobile motor, 4 cylinder, independently cast, of 30 H.P., specially equipped for extensive investigation of high-speed internal combustion motors. 15. An automobile testing platform for testing automobiles. 16. A six-stage, 60 H.P. Kerr steam turbine, equipped with absorption dynamometer, and installed with 60 H.P. Wheeler surface condenser and supplied with saturated or superheated steam. 17. A Worthington surface condenser, 362 sq. ft. of cooling surface with independent steam driven vacuum and circulating pumps, equipped for special investigations of condenser performance.

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A 5 0 H. P. GAS PRODUCER AND OTTO GAS ENGINE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY

9. A 15 H.P. De Laval steam turbine direct-connected to a compound centrifugal pump. This apparatus will deliver 140 gallons of water per minute when pumping against a head of 500 feet. The turbine wheel and small pump runner make 23,500 revolutions per minute; the large pump runner makes 2,350 revolutions per minute. The turbine is provided with condensing and non-condensing nozzles. 10. A hot blast heating system installed to heat the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory. This consists of a series of coils amounting to 2,800 feet of 1-in. pipe and a 72-in. fan draws the air through the coils and forces it into the galvanized iron pipe, 36 in. in diameter, which distributes it to different parts of the building. The fan is driven by a small vertical steam engine. 11. A 100 H.P. Allis-Chalmers Corliss engine, equipped with a suitable brake and other apparatus for making tests. 12. Several high-speed steam engines for testing and for driving, other apparatus. 13. Several types of gasoline engines, ranging from 1 to 10 H.P., for experimental purposes.

• FIG. 2 3 . — U . OF I. MACHINE SHOP, LATHE AND MOTOR DRIVE FOR TESTS OF HIGH SPEED TOOL STEELS

18. A Meitz & Weiss, 2-cycle, 10 H.P. kerosene engine equipped for comparative tests of oil and alcohol. 19. Gas Analysis Laboratory for complete analyses of flue gases from Heine boiler and house heating-boilers and furnaces, exhaust gases from gas engines, and power gas from the producer. 20. A 10-ton electric crane, having three alternating current motors, for experimental work. 21. A Golden oil testing machine for testing lubricating oils and bearing metals. 22. A lathe and motor for tests with high speed tool steels. Fig. 23.