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 121
s a long-stroke, heavy-duty type with an inclosed crankcase. The cylinder is supported by a substantial cast-iron bed, which in turn is attached to the substantialI beams, forming the main frame members. The fly-wheels are large and are mounted one on each side ofthe crank shaft. The heavy… … The Modern Gas Tractor 119 large wheel was carried at one side of the motor, equal inweight to the two fly-wheels, then the crank shaft wouldhave to be strengthened very much on the fly-wheel sideto resist the twisting strain resulting from the heavyrim of the fly-wheel. In practically all…
Farm engines · Internal combustion engines
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