The gasoline engine on the farm; a practical, comprehensive treatise on the construction, repair, management and use of this great farm power as applied to all farm machinery and farmer's work indoors and out .. (1913)
Putnam, Xenophon Whiting, 1867- · New York, The Norman W. Henley Pub. Co. · leaf 37
mand power in the factories render it€ven more necessary upon the farm. 4. Other Forms of Power and Where They Fail.—•Various forms of farm power have been tried and havefailed. The tread-mill was not a real power, but aclumsy means of transmitting the limited energy ofsome animal. It was unsteady,… … 36 The Gasoline Engine on the Farm water wheel is of very restricted application. It mayeasily fail in dry weather and, at best, cannot bemoved about. Wind mills are objectionable for thesame reason; also from the unreliable nature of theirmotive force. Steam alone has been the only…
Internal combustion engines · Farm engines
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