Pump
jack: Note the red pump with large spigot and handle. There is a big
wooden barrel under the black tarp. This engine-driven pump helped
water livestock when wind was not blowing sufficiently.
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Green
and yellow -- what else could it be but an old John Deere? This is a
feed grinder. Some engines began with gasoline and then switched to
less costly kerosene to continue running. |
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This farm pump by Fuller &
Johnson Manufacturing Co., Madison, Wis., is air-cooled.
Notice the convoluted circular fins that provide more surface area
for cooling.
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Lessen
pointed out some of the differences between engines as they
developed, such as the larger gears on an engine with more
cylinders, or igniters that were later replaced by spark plugs to
spark combustion, and the development of hit-and-miss engines that
waited loads to fire. |
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