Show NEW GASOLINE ENGINE victor maxim of reno is the inventor oi of a gasoline engine that is attracting considerable sid erable attention from technical experts and engineers the engine which maxim has developed during spare hours is aro a rotary similar to that used on some airplanes but has several revolutionary principles it is a two cycle has no valves no oiling system water cooler or timer it weighs pounds and develops thirty horsepower almost without vibration six cylinders are connected in a circle to a central shaft and a rotary pump pumps the gasoline mixture to them under pressure the gas is exploded in the heads of the cylinders and the pistons go down below several openings in the sides of the cylinders out of which the spent gas is whirled by the circular motion of the engine the oil is mixed in a ratio of five to one with the gasoline in a tank and pumped through the carburetor before the mixture has reached the cylinders it has separated and the oil does the lubricating without the cumbersome oiling system usually used the timer is replaced by contact plates on each cylinder which come in contact with a fixed connection as the whole revolves the inventor has done everything ery thing to reduce the parts to the simplest order and has gained lightness and efficiency to a remarkable degree the engine when placed in an auto the inventor claims will cut the weight and cost in half standard fallon nev |