The Modern Gas Tractor
Its Construction, Utility,
Operation and Repair
Covering Every Branch of Up-to-Date Gas Tractor Engineering,
Driving and Maintenance in a Non-Technical Manner. Co-
vers Fully All Types of Power Plants and Their Com-
ponents, Methods of Drive and Speed Changing
Mechanisms. Describes Design and Construction
of All Parts, Their Installation and Adjust-
ment, As Well As Practical Application
of Tractors in the Field.
Victor W. Page, 1909
504 pages, illustrated, indexed, searchable
Bonus #1 –
Farm Engines
And How To Run Them
A SIMPLE, PRACTICAL HANDBOOK, FOR EXPERTS AS WELL AS
FOR AMATEURS, FULLY DESCRIBING EVERY PART OF AN ENGINE
AND BOILER, GIVING FULL DIRECTIONS FOR THE SAFE AND
ECONOMICAL MANAGEMENT OF BOTH; ALSO, SEVERAL
HUNDRED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OFTEN GIVEN IN
EXAMINATIONS FOR AN ENGINEER'S LICENSE, AND
CHAPTERS ON FARM ENGINE ECONOMY, WITH
SPECIAL ATTENTION TO TRACTION AND GASO-
LINE FARM ENGINES. AND A CHAPTER ON
The Science of Successful Threshing
James H. Stephenson, 1902
215 pages, illustrated, indexed, searchable
Bonus #2 –
Science of
Successful Threshing
Fifth Edition, Revised and Enlarged
Dingee-McGregor, 1907
222 pages, illustrated, indexed, searchable
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“The internal combustion motor has been responsible
for many developments in the industrial sciences, but its
greatest achievement has been the promotion of econom-
ical and efficient transportation. The improvements in
the design of the modern gas tractor, which have made it
an entirely practical and satisfactory source of power,
have also opened up fields where it can be used to ad-
vantage and profit that would have been impossible
with steam traction engines formerly the vogue, or other
forms of power.
“It is not the writer's intention to underestimate the
advantages and utility of the steam tractor; it has and
still is performing work of great value. The gas tractor,
however, in its modern forms, is able to accomplish
everything the steam propelled type can do, and has
important advantages the other construction does not
possess. It does not require services of a skilled engineer
to operate, it has a wider range of action, is more in-
dependent of fuel and water supply in that it does not
consume much liquid in cooling, and is more economical
of fuel because it utilizes a larger proportion of the
potential energy or heat units of the combustible by
burning it directly in the cylinders.”
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