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  1.  Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 / Various
    . on the square inch, and the tractive power per pound of steam pressure in the cylinders is 81 lb. These engines ... . The boiler pressure is 140 lb. on the square inch, and the tractive power per lb. of mean pressure  details...
  2.  Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Locomotive Performance On Grades Of Various Lengths, Paper No. 1172 / Randolph, Beverly S.
    .02 grade on which a locomotive may be loaded on a basis of tractive power equal to 24.2% of the weight ... letter).--Some years ago the writer, in making studies for grade revision, found that the tractive power  details...
  3.  The Grandissimes / Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925
    Grandissime? VIII. Signed--Honore Grandissime. IX. Illustrating the Tractive Power of Basil. X ... box. CHAPTER IX ILLUSTRATING THE TRACTIVE POWER OF BASIL On the twenty-fourth day of December  details...
  4.  Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 / Various
    are provided with large driving wheels, which, although they have a comparatively feeble tractive power, afford ... that move slowly, but possess, as an offset, a tractive power that enables them to overcome the resistances  details...
  5.  Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 / Various
    area, 17 square feet; tractive power = 65 per cent. of boiler pressure x (cyl. diam.) squared x stroke / diameter of wheels = 0.65 x 120 x (18.125) squared x 24 / 51 = 5.383 tons. Ratio of tractive power ...  details...
  6.  Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886 / Various
    , of course, less favorable results under this head. Under head No. 15 the tractive power of all the motors ... .--Radiating power of different surfaces at night. V. ASTRONOMY.--Meteorites.--The Dhurmsala Meteorite  details...
  7.  Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 / Various
    , so as to make drivers of all of them, and thus increase the tractive power of the engine, and to afford greater ... , ELECTRICITY, ETC.--Electric Power.--The nature and uses of electricity.--Electricity vs. steam  details...
  8.  South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition / Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922
    condition, and I felt that the Expedition had the right tractive-power. They were big, sturdy animals ... through without a great expenditure of power, and then for a short distance only. We therefore lie  details...
  9.  Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 / Various
    , which corresponded to the regular rate of speed. The tractive power, therefore, increases rapidly to a value far ... and Hydraulic machinery. Determining _moduli_ of machines. POWER, transmission by gearing, belting, water  details...

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