Building an Automobile, Step 07: Carburetor

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“The carburetor furnishes the gasoline vapor for the cylinders. It is connected to the engine by a crooked pipe called the intake manifold. After the gasoline has been exploded a valve opens and allows the burned gases to escape through another pipe, called the exhaust manifold.” -Bodmer, 1917

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automobile, engine, valve, mechanics, cylinders, building a car, car parts, crankcase, carburetor, gasoline, intake manifold, exhaust manifold

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Rudolph J. Bodmer, ed. The Book of Wonders (Washington, DC: Bureau of Industrial Education, Inc., 1917)

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