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 229
that the radiatorand cylinder jackets are filled with a special cooling oilwhich takes the place of the usual water supply. As theoil never boils and as there is no waste because of evapo-ration, the original oil supply furnished with the tractorshould last as long as the engine itself. Any loss… … Fig. 83—Sectional View of Hart-Parr Horizonal Power Plant Showing OU Cooling Method. The Modern Gas Tractor 225 gases are discharged upward from the exhaust pipethrough numerous holes, this causing a powerful draftthrough the cooler because of an ejector jiction and alsoacting as a muffler for the…
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