Antique Tractor Life

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Month: March 2026

The Raymond Improved Gas Engine: J. I. Case’s Forgotten Experiment with Gasoline Power

When most people think of the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company, they think of massive steam traction engines and portable steam engines that powered farms across North America. But in the 1890s, Case briefly experimented with gasoline engines. At the center of that experiment was an obscure and fascinating design known as the Raymond […]