through a supply pipe extending down to the bottom through the air tubes and float. The supply pipe com municates with the lamp font which furnishes the fuel to the burner which heats the ignition capsule. The time required for heating the capsule and start- ing the motor is only a minute or so. The motor is stopped temporarily by shutting off the supply of burner is extinguished in addition to shutting off the gas. This motor is not only ad mirably adapt ed for all sta tionary p u r poses but has been applied very success fully to the propulsion of small boats to operating street cars and


through a supply pipe extending down to the bottom through the air tubes and float. The supply pipe com municates with the lamp font which furnishes the fuel to the burner which heats the ignition capsule. The time required for heating the capsule and start- ing the motor is only a minute or so. The motor is stopped temporarily by shutting off the supply of burner is extinguished in addition to shutting off the gas. This motor is not only ad mirably adapt ed for all sta tionary p u r poses but has been applied very success fully to the propulsion of small boats to operating street cars and trolleys and to road wagons and carriages. T h e smallest operated in the streets of Cannstadt Germany. The by a one horse power motor of this class. It in actual operation. The New recent Philadelphia invention. to the cover of the apparatus and acting as a guide allowing the float to rise and fall according to the supply of petroleum. Hot air is admitted to the car bureter through the pipe attached to the upper part of the apparatus the air being heated in its passage APPARATUS. 1$, scientific american, 1891-02-07


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