Re: XL 100

bob prohaska's usenet account wrote this on Fri, 30 Dec 2005 02:20:56
+0000. My reply is below.

> Most older small engines use some sort of magneto iginition, not a
> Kettering circuit requiring a battery.

Hey! I know what that is! Over Christmas, I visited Carillon Park in
Dayton, OH, to receive indoctrination about local historical figures.
Charles Kettering with Edward Deeds of NCR formed Dayton Engineering
Laboratories (DELCO) around 1910 to sell points-condenser-and-coil
ignition systems to Cadillac Motors.

http://www.motorera.com/history/hist05.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kettering

Also, Kettering was involved with development of electric cash
registers, automotive paint, and leaded gasoline and helped organize
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute in New York City.

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