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Jun/Jul 2008Subscribe NowEngine videos online! Check out the GEM video index on YouTube, the quickest way to find gas engine videos on the Internet. We’ve done the searching, all you have to do is the watching! Click below for GEM engine video index. |
Oil Field Engine NewsBessemer by the BookBy Russell FarmerThe information in the table below comes from Bessemer-Duplicate Parts. This undated manual lists specifications 1 thought would interest readers, as it applies to all regular Bessemer engines. Bessemer cylinder outfits (the kit to make what is commonly known as a half-breed engine) were only built in 8, 12 and 15 HP models. All measurements are in pounds and inches. Another undated Bessemer manual, A Manual on the Care and Operation of the Bessemer Gas Engine, had this to say about the company's cylinders. "Cylinder outfits 8, 12 and 15 HP, are used to convert steam engines of 12-inch stroke into gas engines by replacing the steam cylinder with a Bessemer gas cylinder of 6-, 7- or 9-inch bore, 12-inch stroke, and using the steam bed cross-head, crank and parts and substituting a Bessemer clutch ... 808 of 6346 characters shown.
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