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 Founding Fathers: Georgia. Abraham Baldwin, Georgia. Baldwin was born at Guilford, Conn., in 1754, the second son of a blacksmith who fathered 12 children by 2 wives. Besides Abraham, several of the family attained distinction.