- A
traction engine is a steam-powered
tractor used to move
heavy loads on roads,
plough ground or to
provide power at a
chosen location. The name derives...
- see and
travel behind, real
engines." — Sir
Charles Topham Hatt II/The Fat Controller,
Little Western,
Enterprising Engines The
Skarloey Railway (SR) is...
- "British
engineer Joseph Diplock patented a four-wheel-drive
system for a
traction engine,
while in Vienna, Austria,
Ferdinand Porsche developed an electric...
- use of the word
meaning "an
engine or
vehicle for
pulling wagons or plows"
occurred in 1896, from the
earlier term "
traction motor" (1859). In the UK, Ireland...
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Fisher and Jack goes badly, as (without
knowing their connection) the
traction engine crashes into the
front of Fisher's car on a
narrow lane. They then...
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designed to
prevent loss of
traction (i.e., wheelspin) of the
driven road wheels. TCS is
activated when
throttle input and
engine power and
torque transfer...
-
businessmen in 1893, and was
originally named the
Waterloo Gasoline Traction Engine Company. In 1892,
Froelich built a
successful gasoline-powered tractor...
-
propel rail cars
Traction engine, a self-propelled
steam engine Traction (agency), San Francisco-based
interactive advertising agency Traction (orthopedics)...
- The word
traction from Latin,
being the
agent noun of
trahere "to pull" in the
sense of "drawn" was used for the
naming of
traction engines developed...
- more
notable companies that
manufactured traction engines of any kind,
including steam tractors,
portable engines, and
steam rollers.
Borsig of Berlin, Germany...
