Rumely Oil Pull

High school (ages 12+)
Transportation

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/rumely-oil-pull

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the manufacturer?Advance-Rumely Company
2. What is the production span?1909-1930
3. Why did the Rumely Oil Pull use kerosene?It used kerosene because it was cheap and easy to find for farmers. The engine was built to burn different kinds of kerosene well.
4. How did people start the Rumely Oil Pull?To start it, the driver would step onto the big wheel, use their body weight to spin it, then quickly go back to the cab to turn the choke and get the engine running.

Agricultural Mechanization: The process of replacing human and animal labor with machines in farming.
Internal Combustion: A process where fuel is burned inside an engine to create mechanical energy.
Magneto Ignition: An engine ignition system that uses a rotating magnet to generate electrical current for the spark plug.
Bore and Stroke: Key dimensions of an engine cylinder that determine its displacement and power characteristics.