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which is secured to the front of the dash under the hood. The intake 

 manifold from the carburetor leads to a point between the flywheel 

 and the rear of the engine and then branches off to the intake valve 

 chamber of each cylinder. 



The two cylinders are water-cooled, the water being circulated 

 through a radiator (not the original design) and the tank by means 

 of a pump driven by a flat belt on a pulley on the front end of the 

 crankshaft. The pump is located at the lower right of the engine, 

 while the radiator is in front. The present radiator has 15 horizontal 

 pipes arranged in five tiers of three each, with cooling fins spaced 

 along each pipe. The circuit of the water is from tank to pump to the 

 bottom of the jackets on the cylinders, through the jackets and out the 

 top to the left top of the radiator, and then through the radiator and 

 out of its right top to the water tank. 



The transmission, housed in a separate case behind the flywheel, is 

 connected to the clutch in the flywheel by a short shaft, and to the 

 differential by a drive shaft with a universal joint at each end. It is 

 of the selective type, with two speeds forward and one reverse. 



The gasoline tank and a battery box are under the front-seat cushion 

 beneath a hinged wooden cover. The body is upholstered in reddish 

 leather. 



On the rear of the dash are a Splitdorf 2-unit coil box, and a 1-quart 

 lubricator, which is a horizontal, cylindrical tank with glass ends. 

 Four oil pipes lead out of sight glasses at the bottom. One pipe leads 

 to the crankcase, one to the differential pinion bearing, while the other 

 two are no longer connected. A flow control for each pipe is at the 

 top of the pipe. 



WHITE STEAM AUTOMOBILE, 1901 



U. S. N. M. No. 309497 ; original ; gift of the White Co. in 1928 ; photograph No. 

 3S419-A ; plate 11, 6. 



This White steam car. No. 260, was made by the Wliite Sewing 

 Machine Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, in the first year of manufacture of 

 White automobiles. 



The engine is of the 2-cylinder, double-acting type with link revers- 

 ing gear. Ball bearings are provided for the main journals and 

 eccentrics. The slides and cross heads are hardened and ground and 

 were lubricated from automatic oil cups. The cylinders were lubri- 

 cated from a cup of special design, which held a quantity of oil suffi- 

 cient for about 10 hours of operation. The exhaust steam was muffled 

 so as to be practically noiseless. No condenser was used, although this 

 feature is found on the later White steamers. 



The semiflash boiler consists of spiral coils of seamless tubing placed 

 one above another and surrounded by a casing of heat-insulating 



