Excerpt from The Representation of Automobile Engine Economy Performance by Surfaces: A ThesisThe object of this thesis is the development of a.new method of representing the economy tests of automobile engines. The engine tests were carried out according to the latest method in which load, speed and throttle openings are varied. This gives rev sulte which closely simulate operating condi tions. Instead of plotting the data in the usual manner with reference to two coordinate axes, this thesis brings out a method of plot ting data with reference to three coordinate axes, thus giving a surfaee which represents all possible operating conditions of the engine. Two surfaces, one giving gasoline per horse power per hour and the other total gasoline, were made for each engine tested so that compar isone of their respective performances could.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.