October/November 2022

Gas Engine Magazine

Where yesterday’s farm engines come to life

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Hit-and-Miss
The first idea for a modern computer (aside from perhaps the abacus and slide rule) was the Analytical Engine conceived between 1833 and 1871. British mathematician Charles Babbage was inspired by the Industrial Revolution and thought with all the ot
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EDITORIAL Christine Stoner Editor Landon Hall Group Editor, Collectibles Richard Backus Contributing Editor Carolyn Lang Art Director Baylie Koch Advertising Sales Coordinator ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Brenda Escalante; bescalante@ogdenpubs.com WEB AND DI
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Flywheel Forum
Share it with a friend! Stacy Lewis rides in the back of the Barn Rod (see GEM June/July 2022 issue) in its first tractor parade at 2021 Badger Steam and Gas, Baraboo, Wisconsin. Keep tinkering, Barney Kedrowski, via email Thanks for sharing, Barney.
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Coolspring Spotlight
Founded by Charles White and Arthur R. Middleton, the White & Middleton Gas Engine Co. introduced a line of engines circa 1890 as evidenced by U.S. patent No. 438209, which showed a horizontal gas engine much like this engine except it was a gearless
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GEM Experts
Are you knowledgeable about a specific company or engine? Help keep our old engines running by sharing your knowledge. Send an email to editor@gasenginemagazine.com to add your expertise and contact information to the list. Updated regularly, you can
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Pages From The Past
Let’s take a look back and examine engine marketing from the mid-1950s. Best I can tell, the black and white advertisement is from a Briggs & Stratton campaign in 1954 that depicted the public joyously using gasoline engines to complete various tasks
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Evac, A Super-Charged Horseshoe Magnet
There have been at least three earlier attempts, probably more, to insert a rare earth magnet into low-tension horseshoe magnets. The thought was to use the huge increase in magnetism to produce a hotter spark, making an engine easier to start, and h
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Tracing the Career of Frank M. Underwood, GAS ENGINE PIONEER
In the previous article, we looked into F.M. Underwood’s connection to the Buckeye engine of Delta, Ohio, and his time spent in Toledo. During my research on the career of Frank M. Underwood, I saw in American Gas & Gasoline Engines Since 1872, Vol.
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Air Blast Injection Building Update
In the August/September 2021 issue of Gas Engine Magazine, I wrote The Benz story and mentioned how it would fit into CPM’s new project being the Air Blast Injection (ABI) building. We are certainly happy with the progress and this article will expla
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Spark Plugs By The Numbers
Rick Cicciarelli has been collecting spark plugs for just a few years, but he’s already firmly entrenched in the hobby. Elected president of the Spark Plug Collectors of America (SPCOA) in 2021, he is an enthusiastic ambassador for the hobby. The Ith
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GAS ENGINE MAGAZINE LINE UP SHOWS & SPECIAL EVENTS
Oct. 6-8, 2022: 18th Annual Tri-State Gas Engine and Tractor Assn. Swap and Sell. Club Grounds, 1010 N. Morton St., Portland, IN. Contact: Chris Englehardt, President, 260-726-2031; Rich Theurer is V.P. 260-335-2683. Visit us online at: www.tristateg

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