. Factory and industrial management. T^m - EXGIXF. ]l()AT BY HEIXKICH KAMlER, BERLIX. Of all marine powers other than steam, the gasoline engine isw ithout (|uestion that most used. It will be found on the majority ofthe waters of the world. The history of the gasoline marine enginedates from 1885. It was in this year that the first successful gasolineengine for an>- purpose was ])laced \\m the market. The earliestattempts at using gasoline for an internal-combustion engine weremade about the same time b\ \ an Diizen i brothers in Cincinnati and the. 34^ THE MOTOR BOAT. 343 Union
. Factory and industrial management. T^m - EXGIXF. ]l()AT BY HEIXKICH KAMlER, BERLIX. Of all marine powers other than steam, the gasoline engine isw ithout (|uestion that most used. It will be found on the majority ofthe waters of the world. The history of the gasoline marine enginedates from 1885. It was in this year that the first successful gasolineengine for an>- purpose was ])laced \\m the market. The earliestattempts at using gasoline for an internal-combustion engine weremade about the same time b\ \ an Diizen i brothers in Cincinnati and the. 34^ THE MOTOR BOAT. 343 Union Gas Engine Company in San Francisco. The first attemptswere fraught with many chfiiculties, owing to a misunderstanding ofthe fuel and of its behavior when mixed with air. At that time themost cumbersome and inefficient devices were employed for supplyingthe engine with gasoline vapor, while today a simple valve, scarcelymore complicated than the ordinary check, is employed for this pur-pose. The industry remained practically in the cradle until the earlynineties, but by the time of the Chicago Exposition quite a number ofsmall gasoline marine engines were in use. After that time their in-troduction was rapid, and there is scarcely anywhere to be seen todayan assemblage of pleasure craft in which the gasoline launch is notver\ nnich in e\idence. From the 12-foot dingv with its one-horse-power engine to the 92-foot yacht with its 133-horse-power engine,the range of this class of power is even now considerable. The largestmarine gasoline engine that has bee
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