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 336
losed until ready to start the tractor. This The Modern Gas Tractor 329 will prevent the engine from racing and the crankshaftwill turn at a comparatively low speed. By referringto the view of the tractor shown at Fig. 142, the loca-tion of the operators platform and control levers areeasily… … Fig. 143.—Governors of the Centrifugal Type Form ImportantPart of Tractor Power Plant Control System. While most tractor power plants are provided withautomatic centrifugal governors, such as shown atFig. 143, to keep the engine from racing even if thethrottle lever is open, they are set so that…
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