The Mietz & Weiss Marine Oil Engines, 1905

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Artifact Overview

August Mietz and Carl Weiss formed their engine manufacturing company in 1894. Rudolph Diesel held tight patents over the ignition system for his engines, so Mietz and Weiss produced two-stroke, semi-diesel engines that depended on a hot bulb to vaporize oil before compression and ignition. This catalog from 1905 featured Mietz and Weiss engines designed for use in watercraft.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Trade catalog

Date Made

1905

Subject Date

1905

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2021.0.1.28

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Ink
Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 9 in
Width: 6 in