Farm Engines & How To Run Them, Reading 1
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Chapter 2 - Boilers
The first boilers were made as a single cylinder of wrought iron set in brickwork with provision for a fire under one end. This was used for many years but it produced steam very slowly and with great waste of fuel. The next step was to introduce conical tubes by which the water could circulate through the main fire flu, the Galloway boiler. Every farm traction engine should have a friction clutch.
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