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 119
ade lighter than in the other forms andas the weight of the piston and connecting rod is entirelyremoved from the walls of the cylinder, these parts 116 The Modern Gas Tractor practically float in a film of oil and the weight is carriedin such a way that the least wear is imposed on thecylinder… … Fig. 32.—Double Opposed Motor of 45 Horse-power Used on1. H. C. Mogul Tractor. The vertical motor construction makes it possible to usea very efficient lubricating system and the difficultythat obtains in a horizontal engine of flooding the cylin-der head with oil is not present in the vertical…
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