Hornsby Akroyd engine
| Richard Hornsby & Sons | |
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 Hornsby-Akroyd engine from 1893 |
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| Hornsby Akroyd engine | |
| Production period: | 1891 – approx. 1910s |
| Manufacturer: | Richard Hornsby & Sons |
| Working principle: | Akroyd |
| Motor design: | Lying |
| Valve control: | no |
| Drilling: | 235 mm |
| Hub: | 406 mm |
| Displacement: | 17,610 cm 3 |
| Mixture preparation: | Injection in the evaporator chamber |
| Engine charging: | no |
| Power: | 5.6 kW |
| Previous model: | none |
| Successor: | none |
The Hornsby-Akroyd engine is an internal combustion engine invented by Herbert Akroyd Stuart and developed to market maturity by Richard Hornsby & Sons . It is considered to be the first working hot-head engine that was built in series and the first working internal combustion engine that can be operated with gas oil . The engine is a four-stroke engine that works with positive ignition and low compression. Akroyd Stuart applied for a patent on May 8, 1890 (patent number 7146/1890). The fuel consumption of the engine is currently given as 430 g · HP −1 · h −1 (585 g · kW −1 · h −1 ) gas oil.
Web links
Commons : Hornsby-Akroyd-Motor - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Sass: History of the German internal combustion engine construction from 1860 to 1918 , Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 1962, ISBN 978-3-662-11843-6 . Pp. 415-418