> ...Kind of like the old hit & miss engines.
>
> Indeed.  I once restored an 1898 Hercules one-banger
>
> irrigation pump engine someone recovered from the
>
> Sonoran desert  -  Started on Petrol,  ran on Paraffin
>
> once it warmed up.  Paraffin was a lot cheaper,  120
>
> years ago...
>
> That's gasoline & kerosene for you Gringos...
>
> The flywheel-mounted centrifigal governor turned spark
>
> on @ ~  250 RPM,  and off @ ~ 325 RPM.
>
> Boop-boop-boop-boop-boop-boop....    "8)
>

I saw one of these agricultural engines last summer running an ice cream
maker at a local festival (in Denver CO). This also reminded me of the
Hicks marine engines on the Monterey fishing boats I remember hearing in
the San Francisco bay as a kid (see
https://www.nps.gov/safr/learn/historyculture/hicksengine.htm ).

Harold



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