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A preserved hit-and-miss engine: 1917 Amanco 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 hp (1.7 kW) 'Hired Man' A hit-and-miss engine or Hit 'N' Miss is a type of stationary internal combustion engine that is controlled by a governor to only fire at a set speed. They are usually 4-stroke, but 2-stroke versions were also made.
The Witte Iron Works was a maker of hit and miss engines. The company was started in 1870 by August Witte in Kansas City. His son Ed Witte built the company's first crude gasoline engine in 1886. In 1894 gas engines would be the company's primary focus. [1] They made the Witte's Junior Headless engine, Witte portables, and a Dragsaw. In 1911 ...
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A headless engine or fixed head engine [1] is an engine where the end of the cylinder is cast as one piece with the cylinder and crankcase. [2] The most well known headless engines are the Fairbanks-Morse Z and the Witte Headless hit and miss engine [ 3 ]
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Hit and miss may refer to: Hit & Miss, a 2012 British television series starring Chloë Sevigny; Hit-and-miss engine, a type of internal combustion engine "Hit and Miss", a 1960 song by The John Barry Seven plus Four
A typical low-tension coil (reproduction) used in the ignition system of an ignitor-fired engine. A low-tension coil is an electrical device used to create a spark across the points of an ignitor on early-1900s gasoline engines, generally flywheel engines, hit-and-miss engines, and other engines of that era.
The same rod actuates the spindle of the gas valve. Both exhaust and admission are thrown out of gear by the governor if the normal speed is exceeded. If the engine is driven with gasoline a small oil pump is substituted for the gas valve-rod, and is controlled on the "hit-and-miss " principle by the governor.