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From Creators to CollectorsThe Foos Manufacturing Co. Scientific -- A Rare Engine Comes to Light in an Unlikely GuiseBy Franklin Lee Roof Jr.The Foos Scientific as found by the author, the engine powering a tractor designed by Arthur Walton sometime around 1916. The unit is original to its 1916 construction. The Foos Scientific as found by the author, the engine powering a tractor designed by Arthur Walton sometime around 1916. The unit is original to its 1916 construction. The plate on the engine reads: Foos Mfg. Co. Scientific, Springfield, Ohio. A single-cylinder vertical with five-spoke flywheels, an open crank, nice and greasy, bearings in good shape and the piston free - and mounted on the oddest-looking tractor. The first time I saw it I knew, even if I had to get the bank's help, I had to have it. You only find something like this once in a lifetime Built... 814 of 5550 characters shown.
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