The modern gas tractor, its construction, utility, operation and repair; a practical treatise defining every branch of up-to-date gas tractor engineering, driving and maintenance in a non-technical manner. Considers fully all types of power plants and their components, methods of drive and speed changing mechanisms. Describes design and construction of all parts, their installation and adjustment as well as practical application of tractors in the field (1914)
Pagé, Victor Wilfred, 1885-1947 · New York : Norman W. Henley · leaf 242
ering power considerably inexcess of their rating, and as the steam which furnishesthe power is stored under pressure in the boiler it is pos-sible to start the steam engine under load. The amountof power delivered from a steam engine may be variedby regulating the quantity and pressure of the… … The Modern Gas Tractor 247 When a gasoline engine is used as a power plant, con-ditions are radically different. It is not possible to startany explosion motor under load, because the power isobtained by the combustion of fuel directly in the cylin-ders and there is no external source of energy to…
Farm engines · Internal combustion engines
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