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 35
eam engine had been developed still fur-ther, other inventors sought to ai)ply it to the wide field 33 34 The Modern Gas Tractor of transportation. Early in the 19th century the steam-boat contrived by Robert Fulton proved without ques-tion that navigation by mechanical power was possible,and a… … FlG. 1.—The Method of Ploughing in Vogue for Over 5,000Years. Animal Drawn Single Furrow Plough. pelling vehicles from the highways. Ignorance hasalways been a bar to progress, and thus the antipathy ofan uneducated populace delayed the development of themodern automobile by over half a century.…
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