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6 hp john lauson hit and miss e stationary engine
* Serial # 19347 Type D Size BC
* 8 HP Economy EK, # 80XK18065A, 400 RPM, HP8XK. $3,000 obo
Background: A hit-and-miss engine is a type of four-stroke internal combustion engine that was conceived in the late 1800s and was produced by various companies from the 1890s through approximately the 1930s. The name comes from the method of speed control that is implemented on these engines (as opposed to the "throttle governed" method of speed control). The sound made when the engine is running is a distinctive "POP whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh POP" as the engine fires and then coasts until the speed decreases and needs to fire again to maintain its average speed. Hit-and-miss engines were made by a multitude of engine manufacturers during their peak usage which was from approximately 1910 through the early 1930s when they began to be replaced by more modern designs. Some of the largest engine manufacturers were Hercules, International Harvester (McCormick Deering), John Deere and Fairbanks Morse.
JOHN LAUSON Engines: The year 1995 marked the one-hundredth anniversary of Lauson engines. It is believed that the first Lauson engine was built in 1895. This first engine was a four horsepower, four cycle, horizontal cylinder, tank cooled model using hot tube ignition. By 1907 the demand for Lauson engines was so great that a larger factory was necessary. The John Lauson Mfg. Co., which was located in New Holstein, Wisconsin then built its first tractor in 1913, a two cylinder with open gearing and open steering. In 1916 they produced two models, the Lauson 15-25 and the Lauson 20-35. By 1927 Nichols & Shepard Company had taken over Lauson and brought out the Lauson 16-32 and the Lauson 20-40. In 1928 they brought out this six cylinder 25-45 H.P. Lauson. In 1932 the Lauson went down in history, as did many other tractors during the depression years. But it later years and the Lauson Engine Company was purchased in 1956 by Tecumseh Products in New Holstein, WI and it is now known as the Lauson Engine Division of Tecumseh Products.
