THE TRACTION ENGINE COMPANION
Written by Peter Haining
Published by Robert Hale
in 1983
ISBN: 0709010214
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- TRACTION ENGINE
- STEAM ENGINES
THE TRACTION ENGINE COMPANION
Written by Peter Haining.
Stock no. 1824877
1st.
1983.
Hardback.
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. ISBN: 0709010214. Minor foxing and browning to text block else clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed at corners and browned to rear panel.
Front cover
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