Show gas engine power lessened by altitude the curious fact his teen demonstrated that high altitudes ap have a marked effect on the power obtainable frim a gas engine recently one waa erected several thou ind feet above the aei level but upon testing failed to give the desired power an invests ration followed and alie loss in waa attributed to the height at which the engine wis operating the general conclusion wai reached that ft gas engine loses about one per cant of its indicated horsepower per 1000 baet of elevation from alie december popular mechanics magazine A a 1 tasa ani |