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Klappentext Published 1900-6, this highly illustrated two-volume work contains copious technical detail regarding the early history of the motor car. Zusammenfassung This two-volume work, published in 1900–6, contains copious technical detail regarding the early history of the motor car. Drawing on his engineering background, William Worby Beaumont (1848–1929) describes the design, construction and operation of the earliest mechanically propelled vehicles. Technical drawings and photographs greatly enhanced the work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; 1. Design, construction and working of early steam road vehicles; 2. The intermediate period; 3. Power and frictional losses; 4. Road resistances; 5. Resistance due to gravity and power required; 6. Air and wind resistance; 7. The modern period and modern motor; 8. Recent high speed long distance petrol motor vehicles; 9. Recent high speed long distance petrol motor vehicles (cont.); 10. Mors motor carriage and motor; 11. The Gobron-Brillié motor carriage; 12. The Cannstadt-Daimler motor vehicles; 13. The Vallée, Delahaye, Crowden and other cars; 14. Modern light petrol motor vehicles; 15. Petrol motor cycles; 16. Carburettors; 17. Motor cars with petroleum motors; 18. Cylinder cooling and water coolers; 19. Some motor vehicle components; 20. Electric ignition and ignition apparatus; 21. Petrol motor vehicle performance and mechanical efficiency; 22. Electric motor vehicles; 23. The Electric Vehicle Company's electric cabs and broughams; 24. Modern and recent steam vehicles; 25. Some Serpollet steam vehicles; 26. Some American light steam carriages; 27. American steam vehicles; 28. Heavy motor vehicles; 29. The Liquid Fuel Engineering Company's 'Lifu' vehicles; 30. Heavy steam vehicles; 31. Heavy steam vehicles (cont.); 32. Heavy steam vehicles (cont.); 33. On brakes; 34. Concerning vibration, balancing, and balanced motors; 35. Pivoted steering axles; 36. The popular and commercial uses and cost of working motor vehicles; 37. The 1896 act and the Local Government Board regulations; 38. Tyres; 39. Miscellaneous; Index....
