Motor Cars and the Application of Mechanical Power to Road Vehicles

The application of mechanical power to the propulsion of road vehicles is a subject which is now receiving a considerable amount of public attention. Interest in the matter is steadily growing, and there can be no doubt that the motor car has been perfected to an extent that fully entitles it to be regarded as a practical working machine, and we may look forward with certainty to an immense extension in its use during the next few years. In France the manufacture of motor cars has taken rank as an industry of first-rate importance, and we have every reason to hope that it will do the like in this country. That it has not already done so must be attributed to restrictive legislation but lately removed.

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Table of Contents:

Copyright

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER II ANIMAL POWER CARRIAGES

CHAPTER III SPRING-MOTOR CARRIAGES

CHAPTER IV CARRIAGES PROPELLED BY THE WIND

CHAPTER V THE EARLY ATTEMPTS TO APPLY STEAM POWER TO ROAD VEHICLES

CHAPTER VI THE STEAM-CARRIAGE BOOM, 1821-1840

CHAPTER VII THE APPLICATION OF COMPRESSED AIR

CHAPTER VIII STEAM CARRIAGES, 1858-1881

CHAPTER IX ELECTRIC CARRIAGES

CHAPTER X THE MODERN REVIVAL

CHAPTER XI THE PETROL MOTOR

CHAPTER XII PETROL CARRIAGES OF TODAY-BRITISH

CHAPTER XIII PETROL CARRIAGES OF TO-DAY CONTINENTAL AND AMERICAN

CHAPTER XIV MOTOR CYCLES

CHAPTER XV MODERN STEAM AND ELECTRIC CARRIAGES

CHAPTER XVII GEARING, BRAKES, TYRES, HORSE-POWER

CHAPTER XVIII CONCLUSION

INDEX