
Automobiles, motor cycles, operated by steam, hydro-carbon, electric and pneumatic motors; a practical treatise for ... everyone interested in the development, use and care of the automobile, including a special chapter on how to build an electric cab, with detail drawings. CONTENTS: Introductory--Historical--Steam Automobile Motor Appliances--Specialties in Automobile Construction--Steam Propelled Vehicles and Automobile Carriages--Horseless Vehicles with Explosive Motors--Electric Ignition Devices--Atomizing Carburetors--Operating Devices and Speed Gears--Motive Power and Running Gear--Automobile Bicycles and Tricycle--Gasoline Motor Carriages and Vehicles--Electric Motive Power for Vehicles--How to Build an Electric Cab, with Detail Drawings--The General Management of Motor Vehicles of all Kinds--Compressed Air Power for Vehicles--Miscellaneous--List of the United States Patents on Automobiles and Running Gear--List of Manufacturers of Automobiles in the United States, with their Addresses.
Details
- Publication Date
- Sep 26, 2009
- Language
- English
- Category
- History
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): Gardner Dexter Hiscox
Specifications
- Pages
- 460
- Binding Type
- Paperback Perfect Bound
- Interior Color
- Black & White
- Dimensions
- Digest (5.5 x 8.5 in / 140 x 216 mm)