The Development of the English Traction Engine

Author: Clark, Ronald H.

Published: ; Goose and Sons, 1974

Binding: Hardcover w/dust jacket

Condition: Near fine/dj: very good (please see full item description for details)

Description: Revised edition (first published 1960). 390 pp, indexed, illustrated with more than 500 photos and line drawings. 8.5 x 11 inches. Very mild spine slant, else a fine copy. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed and has a stain on the front flap. "A serious engineering study, tracing every aspect of the development of the traction engine." Covers the applications of steam to agriculture and describes early inventions in powered cultivatio in details. 32 appendices provide data on the testing of traction engines.

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