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1884 Article-John Fowler & Co., Sutherland Steam Traction Engine |
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Barn Implements & Machines, 1884, pgs. 39-41 |
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2/22/2014 5:21:51 PM |
The Sutherland engine (Fig. 16) is a 4-horse-power locomotive, designed by Messrs. Fowler and Co. to supply a want which has long been felt by the users of our heavier engines for agricultural purposes. While the heavy engines have been proved to do the heavier work economically, they have been found badly adapted for the lighter operations, such as rolling, reaping, and carting on the farm; and hence the necessity has arisen to keep a larger number of horses than is consistent with a good system of steam culture.
It is a patented combination of parts suitable for the purposes just mentioned, and has proved a complete success. It will pull 6 tons on the road; it will reap 3 acres per hour; it will roll 30 acres per day; it can be used for pulling a three-furrow plough on level sandy land; it will pull home the turnips and corn, and take out the dung without injury to the land; it will drive a thresher, grinder, chaffer, and pulper. To convert it into a land roller, a series of widening rings are attached to the hind wheels, and a roller of sufficient width to cover the space between the hind wheels takes the place of the fore wheels. The engine will then roll a breadth of from 8 to 10 feet. When used as a reaper, a knife-bar and delivery reel driven off the crankshaft, are made to project from behind the traction wheel without disengaging the roller rings. The reaping and rolling in this way are secured by one operation. This engine is capable of going over any land, however soft, without injury. |
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1884 John Fowler & Co., Sutherland Steam Traction Engine
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