In these, valves are on the side of the combustion chamber, in the engine block, and fuel and air enter from the side and exhaust exits out the same side. A cross section of this type of combustion chamber looks like an upside down letter L. So, flatheads are sometimes known as L-head engines.
They are American iconsâthey're on our dollars and coins, they are the subject of our monuments, and we live our daily lives in the world their ideas helped create. America's Founding Fathers include George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Monroe and, of course, Benjamin Franklin.
The people who invented the US government are today known collectively as the Founding Fathers. There were people representing all 13 colonies, along with other leaders, at meetings called the Continental Congress who decided have three branches of government (one being congress) would be the way to go.