Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-02-06 | Page 10 | Oil-Burning Motor Proves Efficient and Economical

Oil-Burning Oil Motor Proves Efficient and Economical of Il a I c cl e a 1 double act lop ing engine ho E position of tho engine nn and the electric driving generator In the rear By Dy X NEA Nl A Service Sen Ice SEW NEW EW YORK Jan An 29 29 electric automobile In which a crudo oil oll burning Diesel Die cl engine furnishes the power through au an I electric motor drive Is what looms before us It If the forecast of L L II Morrison noted Die Die- tel Ert-tel eel fel engineer comes true Morrison Isn't alone lone In this pro pro- pro prophesy Practically every Diesel engineer In the tho th world has that confidence In the tho future use uso of oC tho crude crudo crud oil burning non non-Igni- non tion tion engine as automotive e power plant They're upheld by recent progress toward this accomplish accompli accomplishment h- h ment the th actual construction ot of ota ofa ofa a Diesel that Is much lighter lichter than the cumbersome type still em- em em employed foJ fo for commercial and shIp use and at the same time is a h ahll-h high speed speed- power plant com comparable comparable par par- able with that of the gasoline et- et engine fin en-fin gine In automobiles The new Diesel is still much heavier header than the gasoline motor now in use But nut It makes up liP far this by its high efficiency Its economy and If s simplicity With an electric motor drive In the rear axle connected means mean ot of a generator to the power plant In front Morrison ls stalling and jerking will 1 willbe willbo be almost almott Impossible And when the tho Diesel gives elves wa way to the double acting type In which every stroke ol ot the piston Is a power stroke the tho weight of the tho engine will bo ho considerablY r The Tho Worthington double double double acting or two cycle Diesel Dle el has alreadY proven prOHn practicable In the Tampa the tho governments government's first converted motor ship At the Ule same tame time It Is said It will run a a car fifty miles on a gallon callon ot of crude oil as contrasted with 20 or even 30 miles on ona on a gallon rallon allon ot of the th higher higher- priced priced priced- gasoline In present auto I motors