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BOOK VIII. 



who let such machines for hire are constrained to use traction engines. 

 Messrs. Kansomes, Sims & Jefferies make special engines for continuous 

 traction on roads ; but the one illustrated is designed particularly for 

 driving and hauling threshing machines, for steam cultivation, sawing, 



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pumping, transporting agricultural produce, and, in short, for all purposes 

 to which steam can be adapted as a motive power in farm work. It is 

 simple and easy to manage, so that a skilled mechanic is not needed to 

 drive it. It is a double-cylinder engine, and is made in 6, 7, and 8 horse- 

 power. The designs from which it is constructed embody improvements 



