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 as well as practical application of tractors in the field (1919)
Pagé, Victor Wilfred, 1885-1947 · New York : Scientific American Pub. Co. · leaf 107
lume. The reason for compression is that anyagent which gives out energy through the expansion ofgases is rendered more efficient by confining it in a re-stricted space and directing the whole energy againstsome one spot. A tuft of gun cotton could be ignitedwhile lying loosely in the hand and it… … The Modern Gas Tractor 105 tainer. Gasoline vapor and air will ignite and burnfreely at atmospheric pressure and a gasoline enginecould be made to run without compression. The expan-sion of the unconfined gases would not be great enoughto do effective work, however, and the fullest efficiencyof the…
Farm engines · Internal combustion engines
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