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Antique Engine Database
Brown-Cochran Company
Hit-and-miss governing was featured on Brown engines. When the governor locked the exhause valve open it also loced the intake valve shut and threw the igniter catch out of action. Brown engines were regularly equipped to burn gas or gasoline interchangably- a big advantage in the days when the supply of either fuel was not totally dependable. Ignition was of the low tension style with the igniter mounted in the cylinder head.
history
Brown-Cochran Company was formed about 1902 as a merger between Brown Gas Engine Company of Columbus, Ohio, and the Cochran Company of Lorain, Ohio. Incorporated in 1912, the Brownwall firm was a sucessor to Parker Mfg. Co. of Lansing. The latter firm was building governor pulleys. in late 1912 the company announced their 1 1/2 and 3 1/2 horsepower engines. Apparently the smallest size was an air cooled style as shown here, with the larger model being water cooled. The line soon expanded to include sizes from 1 to 6 horsepower. A belt driven fan with a full cylinder shroud effected cooling for this model.
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