tractive force
Britishnoun
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The tractive force per pound of mean cylinder pressure is 88.4 lb.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various
For a test load of 120 tons the tractive force is 70 lb per ton, which is sufficient for acceleration, and maintaining speed against wind pressure.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
The boiler pressure is 140 lb., and the tractive force per pound of mean cylinder pressure 106 lb.; the total wheel base is 14 ft.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various
This is an enormous tractive force, as it would require but a mean effective pressure of 102½ lb. per square inch on the pistons to exert a pull of 10 tons.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 by Various
The tractive force was, of course, the Eskimo dogs, and sledges were the means of transportation.
From The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club by Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin)
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