ATKINSON
MODEL ENGINE
The James Atkinson's 1886 "Cycle" engine is built around
a
1 1/4"
diameter piston which completes all four strokes in a single turn of
the crankshaft. and each stroke is a different lenght. Home-Made....The
engine was built from scratch using
a lathe, drill press, and hand tools.
A
rare and unusual engine from the 1880's. Atkinson was competing in a
expanding small market against Nicolaus Otto's newly developed
fourstroke engine. Otto held numerous patents that vertuly eliminated
all competition. To avoid infringement Atkinson was forced to create a
completely new aproach to internal combustion.
Model specifications:
Bore.........................1 1/4"
Intake stroke.............3/4"
Compression stroke...1/2"
Power stroke.............1 1/4"
Exhaust stroke...........1 1/2"
This engine was built by
Owen Bosma from Vincent Gingery's book,
"Building the Atkinson Cycle Engine"
The Atkinson "Cycle" engine made
by Manlove, Alliott & Co., Ltd. Great Britain
.
(From the collection of Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village).
