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Scientific American, Vol. 90, No. 15 (1904) (1904)

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12,000 pounds and he pulled circus company. For the purpose of these pulling ex- 8,750 pounds. This, although it looks like a splendid the trials. The last column, in which is tabulated the periments it was sent to the makers, where it was over- result as an effort of a single animal, still ranks… … PULLING STRENGTH OF MEN AND ANIMALS. push instead of pull the wagons. ‘Babe,’ when push- was obtained by a team of horses of 1,600 pounds mals to apply their strength gradually and give them weight, which pulled 1,875 pounds per horse, or 1.172 ing alone, showed a result of 4,500 pounds. The push a…

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