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Scientific American, Vol. 90, No. 15 (April 1904) (1904)

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heavy stakes driven into the floor, and at the other end, between the hauling ropes It was quite a surprise to the manage- and the dynamometer, was interposed a ment to find that the elephants could pull pair of powerful springs with about 2 feet so much more than they could push, for of maximum… … Elephant, Weighing 12,000 Pounds, About to Make a Pull of 8,750 Pounds. Two Elephants Ready for Pushing Test. Amount Recorded, 8,500 Pounds. These Two 1,600-Pound Horses Registered a Pull of 3,750 Pounds. One Hundred Men Making a Pull ot 12,000 Pounds. PULLING STRENGTH OF MEN AND ANIMALS. push…

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