enginehistory.org

[sithomas]

I am hoping someone can tell me what book this page is from:


I found it on the Home Model Engine Machinist forum, but my attempts to contact the poster have been unsuccessful.
https://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/threads/1-5-scale-bristol-centaurus.26677/#post-325335

Any guidance would be appreciated.


Thanks,

Simon

[jriend]

Hello sithomas,
The copy I have came from: Sir Harry Ricardo, The High Speed I C Engine 4th ed.

[sithomas]

Thank you!

I haven't bought an engine book for weeks - time to right that wrong.

[sithomas]

If anyone is interested, this figure isn't in the 5th edition.

I found a 4th edition and it is now on its way. The 4th edition isn't cheap! I am not looking forward to explaining to SWMBO why I need two copies of the same book...

Ricardo PLC sells a reprint of the 5th edition: https://estore.ricardo.com/en/the-high-speed-internal-combustion-engine---c-23-c-70-p-231

There is some information on the sleeve valve, but some sleeve-valve material was removed to make space for other topics.

[jriend]

This 1923 edition of Ricardo's book has additional information on the SSV not contained in the 4th Ed.

The internal combustion engine
Vol. 2, High-Speed Engines
Harry R. Ricardo. 1923

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89089679062&view=1up&seq=5&skin=2021

Some additional information on SSV porting.

The Single-Sleeve-Valve Engine
W. A. Frederick
SAE Transactions, Vol. 22, PART I (1927), pp. 102-121 (20 pages)