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THE TRACTION ENGINE COMPANION

by Peter Haining

Published by Robert Hale. 1st. 1983

Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Red cloth, silver titles. B/w photos. The development and manufacture of traction engines from the 1850's.

Minor foxing and browning to text block else clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed at corners and browned to rear panel.

ISBN: 0709010214
Stock no. 1824877

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Contents

  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE: THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRACTION ENGINE
  • 1 Early Steam in Agriculture John Haining
  • 2 Threshing Days G.W. Dixon
  • 3 Ploughing Days at Pitchill L.T.C. Rolt
  • 4 On a Road Train to London William McAdam
  • 5 Rallying to Stafford Anonymous
  • 6 A Pioneer's Work in Road Transport R.E. Crompton
  • 7 The Traction Engine Brigade Marcus Tindal
  • 8 The Case of the Showman's Engine Anonymous
  • 9 When Steam Provided the Pictures Peter Haining
  • 10 A Nightmare Ride Joseph Stanton
  • 11 I Used Traction Engines Ronald H. Clark
  • 12 Traction Engines Around the World William Fletcher
  • PART TWO: TRACTION ENGINES TODAY - THEIR APPEAL AND PRESERVATION
  • 13 New Life for Old Engines
  • 14 How to Drive a Traction Engine
  • 15 The 'Sport' of Rallying
  • 16 A Who's Who of Traction Engine Manufacturers
  • 17 Traction Engine Societies
  • 18 Traction Engine Museums
  • PART THREE: THE TRACTION ENGINE IN LITERATURE
  • 19 The Iron Giant Jules Verne
  • 20 The Engineman Thomas Hardy
  • 21 Threshing Fryn Tennyson Jesse
  • 22 Jacques Brulefert's Death George Renard
  • 23 The Famous Race Between The Hearse and the Steamroller Sidney Keyes
  • 24 Steam on the Road and Rail Ronald H. Clark
  • Bibliography

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