Motor Vehicles and Motors: Their Design, Construction and Working by Steam, Oil and Electricity: Volume 2 (Cambridge Library Collection - Technology)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 8/21/2014
EAN 9781108070614, ISBN10: 1108070612
Paperback, 744 pages, 29.7 x 21.1 x 3.8 cm
Language: English
'Cheap or rapid or convenient road transport for man and goods is one of the most important of all contributions to national comfort and prosperity.' An early evangelist for the automobile, William Worby Beaumont (1848–1929) drew on his engineering background to produce the first volume of this work in 1900, when motor vehicles were still relatively new to British roads. Rapid developments in the automotive industry prompted the publication of a second volume in 1906. Replete with technical drawings and photographs, the work describes in great detail the design, construction and operation of the earliest motor vehicles, including those powered by steam, electricity and fuels derived from oil. Volume 2 describes the advances made both in the technological development of automobiles and in the volume produced. Detailed descriptions and illustrations are provided for the leading examples of the time from manufacturers such as Renault, Cadillac, Daimler and Wolseley.
Introduction
development of the automobile industry
1. Light petrol motor vehicles
2. Light petrol motor vehicles (cont.)
3. The Wolseley, De Dion Bouton, and James and Browne petrol cars
4. The Benz, Benz-Parisfal and Decauville cars
5. The Mills-Damiler, and the Mercedes cars
6. The Panhard and Levassor cars and engines
7. The Brooke cars
8. The Mors cars
9. A design for a belt-driven car
10. The Richard-Braiser, Clement-Talbot, and De Dietrich cars
11. The Maudslay cars
12. The Daimler cars
13. The Humber cars
14. The Brush, and Wilson and Pilcher cars
15. The Velox and Marshall-Belsize cars
16. The Napier cars
17. Some recent light petrol cars
18. Some American petrol cars
19. Some American petrol cars (cont.)
20. Some American petrol cars (cont.)
21. Radiators and water-cooling requirements
22. Crankshafts and axles
23. Power, speed and tractive effort
24. Vibration and turning effort
25. Steam and petroleum engine lorries and wagons
the Thorneycroft and Mann vehicles
26. The Robertson, Nayler, Garrett, and Simpson and Bibbysteam wagons
27. The Coulthard, Yorkshire, Herschmann, and other heavy steam vehicles
28. The Milnes-Daimler and other heavy petrol motor vehicles
29. The White steam cars
30. The Clarkson and other steam cars
31. Engine dimensions, piston displacement, and mean pressure
32. Overturning and skidding
33. Carburettors and carburation
34. Electric motor vehicles
35. Petrol motor cycles
36. Petrol motor cycles (cont.)
37. Transmission efficiency
38. Some engines and miscellaneous parts
39. On cost of motor transport
40. Miscellaneous
41. The Tourist Trophy race and cars
Index.